Measuring Energy – PowerCost Monitor

PowerCost Monitor

I helped my father install this PowerCost Monitor from Blue Line Innovations. He has spent the last few weeks walking around the house with the monitor whenever it reads above 3 or 4 kWatts to track down the culprit. What just turned on? Why did it turn on? Should it be shut off? [...]

Heating your Hot Water

Solar collector

Domestic hot water is one area in the home where we are starting to find great products for saving money and cutting down on fossil fuel usage. As I have been getting ready to open my store, I have heard from other store owners in New England that solar hot water systems are [...]

Flyers and Mailing Lists

The plans are coming together for the opening of our retail store: Enfield Energy Emporium. April 11th is just around the corner!

At the end of this week is the HomeLife show in Hanover, NH. So I’ve been working with Betsey at Lasting Impressions on a flyer to invite people to grand opening:

Grand Opening Flyer

Also, [...]

Renewable Energy Toys

Getting back to work after a great vacation can be difficult…so I decided I should ease in slowly and spend a little time researching toys for my store.

There are a number of fun solar powered vehicles, and experimenter’s kits to help explain how solar energy can be converted to electricity. Here are [...]

Back from the world down under

Pancake Rocks at Punekaiki

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‘Mordor’, Whakapapa Village

We had a fabulous trip to New Zealand with great weather, wonderful sites, sounds, tastes and adventures.

First some pictures — on the left the famous Pancake Rocks at Punekaiki on the western coast of the South Island. On the right [...]

The Last Vacation – and Carbon Offsets

Mitre Peak, New Zealand

My husband and I are celebrating our 25th anniversary, a new business venture (this one), his latest promotion, and the fact that our kids are both adults now… by going on a family vacation to New Zealand!!

Ok. I’m calling this the “last” vacation because I’m about to open the Enfield [...]

Phantom Power and Kids

Lose Your Excuse website

I just saw an ad on TV with two kids talking about the ‘vampire’ load of a cell phone charger. The ‘vampire’ or ‘phantom’ load is the electricity that is being used whenever a device is plugged in even if it isn’t active or on. In the case of the cell [...]