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Month: October 2007

  • Green gets sporty with a decathlon

    In case you haven’t heard about the Solar Decathlon, trot on over to www.solardecathlon.org to learn about this amazing competition going on October 12-20 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Twenty college and university teams have worked for years to showcase their attractive, solar-powered homes for this event.

  • Compact bulbs for dimmable lights

    A couple of readers commented on how compact fluorescents don’t work so well in dimmable light fixtures. It turns out that you do need to buy a special bulb for dimmable fixtures. If you’ve used these special bulbs, please leave a comment. I’d like to know if they flicker or…

  • Just one bulb

    I waited in the car while my husband went to get a pipe for our dryer efficiency project (much more on that later) and he brought me back an ENERGY STAR fluorescent light bulb. He said I could write about it in my blog! It was a nice surprise. I…

  • Why my air conditioner stopped working

    A few days ago my AC stopped cooling. There was a lot of water in the pan under it. So, I called my apartment maintenance folks since it’s still hot where I live. I was expecting a system failure of some sort. But what happened was a communications failure. My…

  • Green wedding gifts

    There’s no better time to help someone become green than when they are setting up a household for the first (or second, third, etc.) time. Here’s a list of potential gifts you can feel good about giving to brides. 1. Protect our earth recycled glasses (Says “Protect our earth.” in…