Last week was not much fun in our home here in Texas. The week started with an unpleasant surprise, our upstairs air conditioning stopped working and the temperature upstairs quickly rose to about 90F (32C). Our air conditioning units are both covered by our home warranty so I quickly placed a service call and they [...]

I ran across a energy saving tip the other day while I was scanning the INTERNET. The tip said if you put a dry bath towel in the dryer with wet clothes, it will cut your drying time by 1/3 to 1/2. I find that hard to believe so, I’m doing the test as we [...]

Have you recently experienced a power cut at night and wished you had more “Green” technology available to help you through the off the grid moments? We experienced a late night power cut last night and with a full moon and zero power in our subdivision there was a very “Gotham City” feel to the [...]

Do you wish you could find some of the new LED lighting technology at your local stores? Well we finally found some near our home in Ft Worth, Texas… On a recent visit to our local CostCo we found LED flood lights available and it was a pleasant surprise to see affordable LED lighting being [...]

It’s a simple idea with a potentially huge message, this Saturday – 28th March 2009, everyone on planet Earth is being asked to cast a vote for mother Earth by switching off every light in their house. Here is a snippet from the Earth Hour website; This year, Earth Hour has been transformed into the [...]

We managed to find a new and improved household energy usage calculator courtesy of The Berkeley Institute of the Environment. The calculator is a very easy to use and shockingly accurate tool which guides the user through several easy steps before providing a detailed breakdown of your energy consumption and environmental impact. Try the Impact [...]