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Best Chef’s Kitchen Knives
A good chef’s knife is the workhorse of any kitchen – it will slice, chop and crush as well as a whole drawer of kitchen gadgets. A quality blade will last virtually forever, avoiding the hassle and expense of replacement, and a well-built knife will make preparing ingredients much more efficient. A traditional chef’s knife [...]
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Reduce Your Household Water Use Efficiently
Reducing household water usage has big-time benefits for both homeowners and for the environment: reducing strain on local water resources, cutting demand on wastewater treatment facilities, and lowering both water and sewage utility bills, to name a few. Although this is by no means an exhaustive list, we’ve put together a collection of water-saving [...]
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- How To Stay Efficiently Cool This Summer Summertime is almost here, but hot weather doesn’t have…
Efficient Summertime Room-Cooling Products
When the summer sun starts beating down, homeowners need to use all the tools available to stay cool. We’ve put together the following list of products to help keep your favorite room cool and comfortable this season, while cutting your energy consumption and saving some money in the process.
Frigidaire FAA055P7A Window Air Conditioner
Whether or [...]
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- Efficient LED Light Bulbs For The Home LED light bulbs have some huge advantages over incandescent and…
Efficient, Eco-Friendly Lawn Care
April showers might bring May flowers – but they also bring an explosion of lawn growth. Traditional lawn care can rely on some pretty nasty chemicals and smoke-belching machines, but luckily there are alternatives. Read on to learn about some innovative products to keep your lawn beautiful and healthy, while keeping the environment healthy [...]
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- The Rainwater Pillow – Rain Barrel Meets Cistern Utilizing rainwater runoff is a double bonus for homeowners,…
- Green Roofs – Efficient Design Starts At The Top Green roofs have seen a surge in popularity recently…
Efficient Wall Design – Quality Of Life & Energy Savings
A wall is one of the most deceptively complex elements of a home. A smart wall system utilizing efficiently designed and produced components will not only reduce energy consumption, it will make living in a home more pleasant. And it will be durable enough to help avoid the hassle of frequent or costly [...]
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- 75% More Efficient: Blue Ridge Parkway Destintation Center The new Blue Ridge Parkway Destination Center has just…
- “Low-E” Windows Maximize Buildings’ Energy Efficiency Low-E stands for low emissivity, and these windows are constructed…
Google Maps – Efficient Commuting With Customized Bicycling Directions
Biking around town is a great way to cut pollution while getting a little exercise, especially now that springtime weather is upon us. So tune up your bike, buckle your helmet, and find a bike-friendly route with the new “Bicycling” option from Google Maps.
This isn’t “one-size-fits-all” mapping that you’d use for a car trip. [...]
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Efficient LED Light Bulbs For The Home
LED light bulbs have some huge advantages over incandescent and compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs. But they perform differently, so here’s your guide to understanding LED bulbs so you can enjoy their benefits and play to their strengths.
LED bulb designs are constantly evolving, and they keep getting cheaper and more user-friendly. They’re energy-efficient, durable, [...]
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A Metaefficient Bathroom – Environmentally Friendly And Functional
A bathroom may be one of the smallest rooms of a home, but make no mistake – it’s a vital one. Whether you’re building a new home or renovating an existing one, integrating efficient components into a bathroom will add convenience and improve functionality, and also minimize the environmental impact of energy and water [...]
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Green Roofs – Efficient Design Starts At The Top
Green roofs have seen a surge in popularity recently as sustainable building designs become more mainstream. Soil and plantings on a building’s rooftop can help manage water runoff, improve air quality, and reduce energy use by moderating indoor temperatures. They can also prolong the life of a building’s roof by protecting it from the wear [...]
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The Rainwater Pillow – Rain Barrel Meets Cistern
Utilizing rainwater runoff is a double bonus for homeowners, both in environmental and financial terms. It reduces the amount of water consumed from the municipal system, and it lessens the strain on wastewater treatment facilities that must process water after it flows down the drain. A rain barrel is great for small-scale applications like a [...]
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- High School Captures 280,000 Gallons Of Water Per Year Our buildings and homes could capture all water we…