Apple has proven itself as a company that completely changes the playing field in whatever field it chooses to enter, whether that is music, computers or cell phones. Now Apple is indirectly completely changing the field of thermostats. Two former employees of Apple, Matt Rogers and Tony Fadell, have teamed up together to use the same type of engineering design that they learned at Apple and apply it to the field of energy conservation with their new firm NEST. The [...]
Read MoreEver thought about buying a rain barrel? Just too nutty crunchy for you? What would the neighbors think? Buy one anyway. You can get those food grade plastic barrels several places and they are very reasonable in price. The hardware to fit them with a hose to fill your watering bucket and the overflow hose are fairly inexpensive as well and you can do all the work yourself. Check out some step by step instructions at http://www.epa.gov/region3/p2/make-rainbarrel.pdf. I would make [...]
Read MoreSeems like the trend in new home construction is firmly in the green camp. The large production builders are coming on board by affirming that all of their new homes will be built to meet or exceed the new, more stringent Energy Star 3.0 requirements. Some are even going further than that. I read this week that KB Homes, a national builder, is rolling out their new Martha Stewart line of houses in Tampa Florida this week, all of them [...]
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