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78 Main, Leviston House My husband and I bought the shell of a house on Mascoma River and we are starting the renovation plans for both the store and our residence. This was the site of the ‘Leviston House’, built in 1858 and the associated Tannery which was documented both in pictures and books about [...]
Wind Turbine Today, I was in Portland, Maine in a training class for Southwest wind turbines – installation and sales. It was fun and interesting and gave me some good resources and information to help people who have enough wind to generate electricity. We completed the construction of a 45′ tower, wired and attached [...]
Solar PV Last week I gave a presentation on Solar PV (PhotoVoltaics) and some good questions and answers followed. This discussion was aimed at home owners who want to know how solar electric works and how they might be able to take advantage of the sun. I’ve included some of the slides and commentary [...] Friday, June 12th, my husband and I closed on a house that will become our home AND the new home of Enfield Energy Emporium! It is at 78 Main Street, Enfield — just a few doors down from the current location of the store. It is just a shell of a building so we have [...]
Alternative mowers I have a Honda gas-powered lawn mower. I got it as a gift a few years back and it has been wonderfully reliable. Starts on the first or second pull every time. But it burns gasoline and I would really like a quieter, more energy efficient lawn mower. Electric mowers have been available [...]
Clothes pins At the Shaker Country Fair this weekend I found a product that I would like to make available at my store: Clothes pins printed with “The right to dry”. There are a number of residential associations that don’t allow the home-owner to dry their clothes out in the air. Vermont just passed a [...]
EnergyCircle One thing I really like to be able to do is help people understand their energy usage. Just by measuring a device with a Kill A Watt or by reviewing an electric bill, you can get some insight into which products use a lot of energy and things we can do differently to save [...]
kites TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. Once a year the TED conference brings together some of the worlds most ‘fascinating’ thinkers and gives them 18 minutes to speak on their subject of interest. More and more of them are focused on sustainability, renewable resources, and general green topics. Here are some of the recent [...] |
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