How to Buy Photovoltaic Panels
Photovoltaic panels--or PV panels for short--come in a variety of sizes suited to different jobs. You can buy photovoltaic panels as small as a few watts to recharge batteries or up to many hundreds of watts to run your entire house. The key to ... [... more]
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How to Choose Energy Efficient Light Sources
With the massive amounts of energy consumed by most appliances in today's homes we don't think about what is used by one little light bulb. But according to the Department of Energy, the lighting in our homes accounts for 15 percent of our ... [... more]
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How to "Go Green" in the Bathroom
Water may be a limited resource, but in America, the gallons wasted on laundry, cooking, bathing, and much more still add up to millions daily. If action is not taken, thirty-six states are likely to experience water shortages within the next ... [... more]
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How to Add Solar On A Tight Budget
Solar can be added to a home without hurting a tight budget. In fact, adding solar to a home may secure a tight budget in a society when electric bills will only increase. Check out the grants and rebates available to you in your community for ... [... more]
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How to Apply for Free Housing Grants
These days there is plenty of help from the government out there, but finding it is difficult. Many of us are in need of home repairs but few of us have the money to do them. This article will help provide some insight on where you can locate and ... [... more]
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How to Be Happy in Living
Homes in foreclosure, millions out of work; Global financial ruin, bailout so far a multi-billion dollar failure; Unimaginable national debt. They say we spent beyond our means, but how else to pursue the American dream? I need my McMansion, my ... [... more]
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How to Build a "Green" Home
This is a very brief article written as what you might call a condensed version. It takes a lot of hard work and planning to build a "Green" home but this article will put you well on your way to understanding some of the basics and at least [... more]
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How to Build a Solar Shed / Office Studio
By designing and building your Shed or Office Studio with the correct orientation to the Sun and the proper overhangs you can take advantage of the variation in the angle of sun light between summer and winter months. You can use passive Solar ... [... more]
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How to Calculate the Cost to Make Your Own Wind Turbine
You may have decided to make your own wind turbine because you want to save on your electricity or energy bill or perhaps you simply want to save the environment. It is important to know exactly what costs you will incur when building residential ... [... more]
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How to Calculate the Return on Investment for Solar Panels
Many people are now considering purchasing solar panels or a photovoltaic system to help reduce their energy costs at home. A question that I hear often is, "When will I break even on my purchase?" or "What is my return on investment?" [... more]
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How to Choose Sustainable Materials for Building your ...
In all of the phases of construction of a new house there are material decisions that are required. The materials for the foundation, the material for the super-structure of the house and so on. In choosing these materials home builders have more ... [... more]
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How to Choose Wood Pellets for a Pellet Stove
If you have a wood pellet stove or are thinking about buying one and converting to this heating method as a money saving fuel alternative to gas, it's important to know which pellets to choose. Perhaps, you are finally dusting off your old pellet ... [... more]
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