Don’t remodel your kitchen, cook in it!

October 13, 2008

A recent article by Elizabeth Razzi, in The Washington Post, offers up some tips to help weather the current economy. Lots of good ones, such as making certain you keep up with basic home maintenance to avoid bigger problems later on, checking out your phone services and cutting ones you don’t need, and with the holidays coming up, toning down your decoration budget.

I particularly found that one amusing: “The latest thing in kitchens: less remodeling, more cooking.” I love that something…

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10 money saving construction tips

October 10, 2008

Diving into huge construction projects with green on the mind doesn’t mean that you will be hemorrhaging money. In fact a lot of green building techniques will save you cash instantly. Green building is about being a smart contractor by reducing waste and opting for materials that are easy on the earth.

Here are ten tips all through all phases of construction that can save you money and will produce you a green superhero:

Design smart. Early in the design process, keep standard bui…

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Leona Lewis turns down big bucks in anti-fur protest

October 10, 2008

If you were offered a million dollars to hawk a product you didn’t believe in, would you do it? That was a decision Leona Lewis was forced to produce after Harrod’s offered her nearly $2 million dollars to promote their big summer sale. The reason behind the verdict not to do the event was that the company sells fur.

Leona has been a strict vegetarian since she was 12 and doesn’t wear any clothes, accessories or use products made from animals, so the choice was an easy one.

And, I s…

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Streetfilms: Bike-thru banking has arrived

October 10, 2008

If you tend to take your bike for light-duty errands around town, thereupon you’ve probably been through at least one drive-thru banking experience on two wheels. I have, and I can say from experience that it feels just a bit awkward. Especially when there are humans waiting in a car behind you, laughing and throwing things. Well, here’s some good news for bikers in Boulder, you no longer have to wait in a line of scornful motorists, considering you’ve got your own bike-thru banking lane!

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Turning roads into solar collectors

August 19, 2008

The possibilities of creating solar energy from asphalt seem a bit far-fetched, but researchers at Massachusetts’ Worcester Polytechnic Institute are looking into a way to do just that. By discovering the hottest layer of asphalt (it turns out, it’s two inches below the surface), these researchers are trying to find ways to manufacture it even hotter by painting an anti-reflective coating and adding in some highly thermal-conductive quartzite.

How would that help conduct sustainable elect…

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Free solar panels help sell houses

August 16, 2008

One builder in Scottsdale, Arizona is feeling the pinch of the plunging housing market. In order to assemble their homes more appealing to buyers, Shea Trilogy is offering free solar panels along with every home purchase. The homes are located in the upscale country club community, Encanterra in Queen Creek.

Each of Shea’s homes includes a $13,000 system (upgrades are available). The panels are provided by American Solar Electric and are designed to look like roof tiles so they don’t disr…

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U.S. scientists claim world record in solar cell efficiency

August 16, 2008

With solar technology breaking new records in efficiency every few weeks it seems, the recent claim by US scientists for a world record in solar cell efficiency seems a moot point. One would think that record will be broken soon ample.

But I digress. The fact that US scientists have recently discovered a way to improve solar cell efficiency to 40%, up from the current mass-market solar cells reaching a 20% efficiency, is something we should all celebrate. Of course the new cell type won’t…

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