Rain Barrel
Rarely does Mother Nature provide your lawn or garden with just enough rain to keep if fat and happy throughout the Summer. Usually your little green friends suffer through days of hot weather only to be rewarded with torrential downpours which requires them to binge drink (do plants get hangovers?) all they can.
If you follow this blog long enough (please, please, please) you will realize we are big fans of Thomas Friedman. The guy just gets it, and not only that, he is listened to by important people. While he hasn't won a Nobel prize, he may be more deserving than Al Gore because he actual presents REAL solutions.
Building Envelope basically refers to the materials that make up your house. The floors, walls, windows, doors, attic, basement, etc. I'm also going to include home orientation and exterior items that impact your energy/water usage in this category.
