Mapawatt Blog has a New Look!


Energy Efficency in Your Home

Today, we’ve updated our blog to have a new layout and look.  As many of you know, we’re building a portal that will help residential consumers learn more about their energy usage and find out ways to become more efficient in their home and lifestyle.  Mapawatt Blog’s new look is … continue reading

Electric Vehicle Conversion: Is it worth it?


Renewable Energy is my passion.  My background is in software development but I also have experience in biofuels and solar energy.  After analyzing several ways to get myself off of petroleum, I am now undertaking converting an existing internal combustion-powered car into an electric daily driver.  By bulding this proof-of-concept vehicle, I want to demonstrate … continue reading

Solar power production and payback calculator


BP Solar Clean Power Estimator Example

I’ve been searching for a good solar power payback calculator based on where a person lives for awhile now.  While the U.S. does have a Federal incentive of a 30% tax credit for those who install solar, many states also offer incentives.  Additionally, some utilities also offer … continue reading

MapAWatt hanging out at Paystolivegreen


Check out my post chilling over at http://www.paystolivegreen.com/

Comment on SciAm CCS article


So I just commented on this CCS article on Sci Am. When can we get a dialogue going on this topic???

mini-post added


Just added this mini-post tool so I can keep the blog more up-to-date.  It will be like Twitter.