By kimquirk, on August 29th, 2009
Streetlight
I serve on the Enfield Energy Committee where we are trying to find ways for our town to reduce our energy consumption.
One of our projects is to evaluate all the streetlights in town and see if we can reduce the number and save on our town’s electric bill. We currently pay $25,000 for lighting [...]
By kimquirk, on August 22nd, 2009
Solar Fountain
There is a nice water fountain in the middle of a large cemetery in Enfield. There is no good way to run electricity to the fountain to circulate water with a pump, but town water was available near by through a hose. For many years during special events someone would turn on the [...]
By kimquirk, on August 18th, 2009
my garden
Ok…maybe not my very first garden, but the first one that ever produced anything edible.
My family probably thinks I’ve gone off the deep end because I’ve made everyone of them look at my corn stalks and little green tomatoes. I can’t believe there is actually good food growing in my garden — [...]
By kimquirk, on August 14th, 2009
BTUs from the Sun
At the end of last week we had a good meeting with Murphy’s Cell-Tech, our energy consultant, who has done the thermal modeling for our house to determine the number of BTUs entering and leaving. The people involved in the model included experts in insulation, thermal seal of the building, [...]
By kimquirk, on August 10th, 2009
Since I opened my store one of the products I have been thinking about is an electric bicycle. I have been an avid cyclist for about 6 or 7 years now. My husband and I try to get in a one long bike trip each summer. (We just completed New London, NH to Boston, MA [...]
By kimquirk, on August 4th, 2009
Where is the solar panel?
On Monday I participated in a golf day to raise money for Camp Horizons, which is a group providing opportunities for children and adults with developmental disabilities. We had great weather and for someone who knows very little about the game of golf, I had a lot of fun.
But… it [...]