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By kimquirk, on April 30th, 2009
Using the sun to heat your hot water in the summer is probably the most sensible (and cost effective) place to trade off fossil fuel use for solar energy. It makes sense — the sun is out, it is bright and hot, why would you want to use oil or gas to heat water?
I [...]
By kimquirk, on April 28th, 2009
Bravo Scooter
Bravo EVT Electric Scooters
Take your commute carbon-free with an EVT Electric Scooter. A fully charged EVT Electric Scooter can provide about 30 miles of driving time on a full battery charge. Top speed is 30mph. No emissions, quiet ride.
By kimquirk, on April 28th, 2009
Appliances
Summit
Unique space saving designs come to life in these energy efficient and beautifully crafted tall (6′7″) and slim refrigerator-freezers. Energy Efficiency is built-into this manual-defrost system. Energy Star rating at 440kWh/year typical usage.
Fisher & Paykel Dishwashers
Years of research and refinement have created an appliance that offers a compelling blend of form and function. Each drawer [...]
By kimquirk, on April 26th, 2009
Valley News, Business
Andy Warhol said that in the future, everyone will have their 15 minutes of fame. Opening an alternative energy store in Enfield, NH has provided me with my 15 minutes.
I am collecting the media clips on the ‘Press‘ page of this website and hoping that the links will remain for a [...]
By kimquirk, on April 21st, 2009
Wood pile
If you have been thinking about replacing your current heating system or just trying to understand your current system better, you may want to compare it to alternative systems.
Let’s say you currently have a oil-burning furnace that supplies forced hot water through baseboard heaters. You have paid about 600 gallons of oil [...]
By kimquirk, on April 19th, 2009
2010 Prius
Toyota and Honda have been making hybrid cars for a decade now and are coming out with the third generation. I was very excited in 2003 to find a slightly used Prius (2002) with only 10,000 miles on it. I bought it and I love it. Now it has 95,000 miles and is [...]
By kimquirk, on April 14th, 2009
Solar Hot Water Collector
Solar PV, Electric
Until you really stop to think about it, it is easy to confuse the different ways we use the sun to create energy today.
There are two popular ways to use the sun’s energy: one is to make electricity, and the other is to heat water. Of course there [...]
By kimquirk, on April 13th, 2009
Ribbon Cutting
After months of planning the opening day has finally come and gone. It was a fun day with good weather, balloons, speeches, barbeque, product demonstrations, family, friends and lots of guests.
We had speeches from NH State Senator Matthew Houde, NH Congressman Chuck Townsend, County Commissioner Mike Cryans, Enfield Selectman John Kluge, Enfield [...]
By kimquirk, on April 10th, 2009
Grand Opening
Not much time for blogging today — its pretty crazy here! Just a quick list of all things that are going into the planning of the grand opening:
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