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Bamboo About 3 years ago we renovated the kitchen in our house and really wanted a wood floor. At that time there weren’t as many affordable choices as there are now, so we settled on brazilian cherry. It looks great and should last pretty well. Today, if I were looking for wood flooring, I would [...]
USA Solar Store painting For the last 5 days I have had the privilege of being mentored by Pablo of the Green Energy Options (GEO), USA Solar Store. As part of membership in the USA Solar Stores buyers group, there is a 5 day training experience in a working store. In those 5 days Pablo, [...]
Solar Evacuated tubes The building that I am hoping to lease for my store, the Enfield Energy Emporium, is called the Leviston House, 78 Main St in Enfield, NH. I am excited to be involved in discussions about what it takes for this to be a zero energy building (ZEB). Wikipedia defines a zero energy [...]
The Energy Detective, $144.95 A few weeks ago I install TED (The Energy Detective), and have been using it to watch my house electricity on a regular basis. I use it to see how much energy the washer and dryer use, I monitored when the refrigerator when on/off, and at one point when the house [...] I’ve started collecting books related to renewables, energy efficiency, green products. I need a good selection for my store and it would be great if they come recommended. If you have read any of these or if you recommend others, please reply with a comment. Thanks! Books I’ve read: “75 Green Businesses” – I like this [...] Direct replacement CFL My town, Enfield, NH wants to provide residents with information on compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) at the next town meeting. They would like to demonstrate the energy usage of various CFLs compared to incandescent bulbs in an effort to encourage saving money and saving energy. They are creating a display board [...] About a year ago I was on a business trip to Chicago and saw that there was a ‘Smart Home‘ on display at the Museum of Science and Industry. Since I had a few hours to kill and was very interested in the idea, I went to visit it. Michelle Kauffman’s Smart Home In order to prepare for a store opening, I have been working on a number of things from renting space to preparing for the bookkeeping, to understanding what products will be important for people in the Enfield, NH area. Grand Opening – April 11 (tentative) I mentioned in an earlier blog that I had received a product to measure my house electricity use on a realtime basis: TED, The Energy Detective. I have now successfully installed it in two different houses (the one I just left and the my new house) and in both cases people who have seen it [...] I was watching TV last night and saw an ad for “Repower America“. I hadn’t heard of this website before this, but it is now on my blogroll. The stated goal (originally from Al Gore) is to get to 100% clean electricity in the next 10 years. I like this goal because I think it [...] |
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