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New System Rates Home Energy Efficiency

Trey Granger, March 8th, 2010

Similar to the miles per gallon rating for cars, a group in Oregon has created Energy Performance Score to allow home buyers a way of measuring the energy efficiency of their new house. For all participating homes, both the energy usage and carbon emissions are calculated from electricity and natural gas consumed. Other factors taken into account include insulation, appliances ... read more

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Tagged energy, greenbuilding

Published in Construction


Learn to ‘Shift Your Habit’

Amanda Wills, March 8th, 2010

"The true heart and soul of living green is efficiency." The opening line of Elizabeth Rogers' new book Shift Your Habit says it perfectly - the paradoxical combination of going green and actually saving money is actually quite simple when outlined step by step, room by room and product by product. Rogers follows 15 families on their quests to find a happy ... read more

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Tagged book, cfl, computers, energy, ideas, recycling, reduce

Published in Household


Your Top Glass Questions

Trey Granger, March 8th, 2010

In January, we asked our Facebook followers to send us their questions about glass recycling. We combined this with some of the more common questions we get via email and sought out the opinions of municipal recycling programs, industry leaders and other experts for the most qualified answers. Enjoy! Question #1: Do you have to separate glass by colors? The short ... read more

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Tagged basics, blueglass, brownglass, cfl, clearglass, greenglass, lightbulbs, mercury, windows

Published in Glass


Inside Plastic Bans

Amanda Wills, March 8th, 2010

San Francisco made history when it became the first city to officially ban plastic shopping bags in 2007, making it a pioneer of a rapidly growing trend - the outlawing of common to-go plastic products, such as bags and foam polystyrene containers. In many cases, the main objective when passing these types of bans or fees is to ultimately reduce ... read more

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Tagged noteworthy, number6plasticpolystyrene, plasticbags, styrofoam

Published in Plastic


How Organic is Organic Food?

Katherine J. Chen, March 8th, 2010

The purchase of organic food has become nothing short of a global trend, as consumers aim to spend money on products they feel they can relate to and trust. This means knowing exactly what food is made of, how it is processed and its country of origin. While millions of shoppers continue to flock to grocery stores and farmers’ markets, ... read more

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Tagged fertilizers, fuel, livinglocal, organic, organicwaste, pesticides, reduce

Published in Garden


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