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Beautiful View on Lake Austin! Two weeks ago my wife and I travelled to Austin, TX to hang out with her parents for a weekend. It was only a 2-day trip, but we were able to get a great feel for the city. Austin is consistently ranked near the top in the most sustainable U.S. … continue reading 
When I saw the Renewable Energy Handbook by William Kemp for sale in the OpenSky store I was a bit skeptical of its value. This is due entirely to my experience with a “free” book called Green Millionaire which has the sole purpose of taking people’s money by offering the most basic of “green” tips … continue reading 
Learn how to save energy! How would you like a free guide to energy conservation techniques? Following the steps in this energy saving guide will save you thousands on your energy bills and make you a millionaire billionaire little richer. You’re wasting hundreds or thousands of dollars in your home each year by not being energy efficient! How … continue reading 
I’m very happy to host the following article written by one of Mapawatt’s Sustainable Dream Team, Paul Scheckel. Paul is a home energy expert and runs the website www.nrgrev.com. I featured his book, The Home Energy Diet on our Sustainable Books page and it’s one of the best places to begin if you want to … continue reading 
Fannie/Freddie VS. PACE PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) financing has run into some trouble over the last few weeks. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (big players in the whole mortgage meltdown mess) have decided that they don’t necessarily want to help out clean energy and have thrown up a huge road block to PACE financing … continue reading 
A few weeks ago a journalist at UNC reached out about an online news site about energy sponsored by the Carnegie and Knight foundations titled Powering a Nation. From the Powering a Nation About us section: “Powering a Nation will investigate the political, economic and scientific tensions behind U.S. energy use through advanced reporting … continue reading 
Unsustainable Fossil Fuel Meeting The documentary “Gasland” first aired on HBO on June 21, just weeks after the worst oil spill in the history of the United States. I’ll warn you: watching it will infuriate you…that is if you care about individual human beings over the profit of the fossil fuel industry. Basically, the documentary … continue reading 
I first wrote about Home Star in March, when Obama was in Savannah, GA proposing the program. Three months later and Congress has passed H.B. 5019 – Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010, a.k.a. Cash for Caulkers. All of this was probably helped out by V.P. Biden’s report delivered in October of 2009 titled … continue reading |
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