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Going Green is Good for the Home Environment |
| 9/29/2009 5:30:07 AM |
Have you tried going green with the cleaning products used in your home? I have and am quite pleased with the results. I have to admit I was skeptical at first. But when I listened to the ads and researched the going green products further on my own on the internet I learned that they do a good job cleaning and disinfecting.
The next step was to actually use the going green... Read More |
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Going green can be an easy task |
| 9/27/2009 4:25:56 PM |
 I have taken small steps in helping the environment and I feel real good about it. Going green can be easy and as time goes on, solar panels will come down in price which I would love to have eventually. The easiest step is recycle, recycle. It is second nature for me to recycle all my plastics and paper products now. I actually feel guilty when I go out and I have to put... Read More
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High SEER Ratings Make a Big Difference in Going Green and Energy Bills |
| 9/17/2009 2:03:47 PM |
 This summer I experimented with several different ways with going green. I've been trying to cut my electric bills so I have more money for fun things, and our air conditioner costs us about $250 a month to run. I saw two energy efficient window air conditioners with high SEER ratings on sale and bought them, the larger one for the main part of the house, and the smaller... Read More |
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Going Green by Sealing Up a Home |
| 9/17/2009 1:20:42 PM |
 Going green isn’t all about buying solar panels, recycling and driving a electric car. There are practices, which on the surface don’t seem like they would help the environment but actually do. Today, I’m talking about sealing up a home so cold air stays in during sunny days and heat stays inside when it’s cold outside. Make a circle with your middle finger and pointer.... Read More |
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Going Green with HVAC Minimized Monthly Bills |
| 9/17/2009 1:07:22 PM |
 My mom, a resident of the southwest, had to buy a new HVAC system a few months ago after her’s crapped out. Being that the average temperature was over 100 degrees and August was still on the horizon she had no choice but replace the unit as quickly as possible. Being that I used to sell HVAC equipment, I lent some advice for what to look for. Going green in this area of a... Read More |
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Southwest Homes Should Come Standard with Solar Panels |
| 9/17/2009 12:56:25 PM |
 After going to school out in Arizona and visiting my grandma there countless times growing up I never understood why more homes weren’t solar PV equipped. Near ASU, there is a power company utilizing massive solar panels for consumer energy but at the residential and even commercial level there are far less solar panels then you would expect in a place which sees sun 340... Read More |
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Saving the Environment with R-410A |
| 9/15/2009 3:32:17 PM |
 We are getting to the point when going green isn’t just a choice anymore. More and more federal laws are passing that make it beneficial from a financial standpoint to upgrade to products safer for the environment. I used to sell HVAC equipment, otherwise known as heating, ventilation and air conditioning. I learned that people in the hotter climates like Southern... Read More |
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Going Green with a Presidential LEEDs Certification |
| 9/15/2009 3:21:53 PM |
 I was first introduced to LEED Certification in a How Technology Effects Society class in my final semester in college. A guy did a presentation on how LEED Certified buildings are the future not only for people going green but for the everyday architect. The video below explains what it means to be LEED certified. I was reminded of this presentation the other day after... Read More |
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Going Green with Solar Panels Can Help Resale Value of Homes |
| 9/3/2009 2:05:01 PM |
 Although the real estate market has slowed dramatically in recent years, people who bought homes that have solar panels or are LEEDS certified (LEEDS certification means that the home has met high standards for energy efficiency) have been caught up in as much price depreciation as others who bought ordinary homes. Homes and buildings that generate their own free... Read More |
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Schooled on How to Get Free Electricity |
| 9/3/2009 12:48:47 PM |
 Until talking to family friends who have been proponents of solar panels since the mid 80’s I never knew that they actually get free electricity for the majority of summer because of their two decade old upgrade. Better then that the local power company pays them when the sun shines for weeks on end because they generate a surplus of energy. In other words a few times a... Read More |
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My First Hollywood Experience with Solar Panels |
| 9/3/2009 11:32:40 AM |
 Back when I was ten years old and had no idea what Global Warming was or that there were actual solar panels out there which created energy from UV Rays, I saw a 1996 Hollywood flick starring Halle Barry called Race the Sun (movie trailer below). This movie opened my eyes to what is possible with solar panels. This movie takes the basic plot line of a rag tag classroom of... Read More |
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Going Green is Easy for me to do in Modern Times |
| 9/2/2009 4:27:53 PM |
 There are so many different ways that I am learning about how Going Green can be so easy to do! I am glad to see that nearly everywhere that I look, this amazing new trend of Going Green is really taking to the force, and we can all easily do our part to help save the world and our fragile environment. For me, Going Green involves taking several extra measures to ensure... Read More
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Harnessing Our Water Ways for Hydroelectric Power |
| 9/2/2009 3:17:28 PM |
 With Global Warming, many changes to our planet our occurring. The most published change is the melting of our planet’s ice caps. This phenomenon will raise the level of our oceans and possibly surrounding rivers and streams when higher elevation snow pack melts quicker and runs into the world’s network of waterways. What this means can be looked at in negative light or we... Read More |
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The Future Belongs To Solar Thermal Energy |
| 9/2/2009 2:46:31 PM |
A lot of people are saying that the future will be powered by solar thermal energy. The idea is absolutely enticing, because it means that anyone can, by harnessing the power of solar thermal energy, have complete dominion of the where and how of powering up their homes. In addition, using solar thermal energy for generating a renewable and a continuous source of thermal... Read More |
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Is Global Warming to Blame for Out of Control LA Fires |
| 9/2/2009 1:45:22 PM |
 This has been my first full year living in the Los Angeles area. When I came last year it was about this time, and the wild fires were happening as usual. There was even a couple days I couldn’t get the office because the fire had jumped the 5 freeway. This year though LA County saw a whole new animal with the La Canada wild fire, being called the biggest in LA history. It... Read More |
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Going Green Is Quite Easy |
| 9/2/2009 11:15:16 AM |
 I'm doing what I can to help the environment by being a careful consumer and using the solar energy all around me for the uses that I can. I cook almost all my food in solar ovens, and I buy products that are either renewable or don't have a toxic impact on the planet. It is so easy to do all of these things. Going green doesn't take the brain of a rocket scientist, thank... Read More |
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I have an old computer tower that bit the dust last year. It has been sitting in my closet all this time, not sure what to do with it. I made sure all the data on the tower was deleted and I don’t think it can be repaired. I was looking online and I saw there are numerous companies that do recycle old electronics. I am very conscious of our environment and I thought what... 
