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How your day to day actions can save energy

Home Energy 101, Sustainable Living Blog / 4 minutes of reading

This is Lesson 12 of our informal online course: Home Energy 101. All lessons by Philip Drader. There are three main resources we use whose consumption is fairly regular: …

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Generate your home’s electricity with solar energy

Home Energy 101, Sustainable Living Blog / 3 minutes of reading

This is Lesson 11 of our informal online course: Home Energy 101. All lessons by Philip Drader. In all our previous lessons, we looked at how to reduce …

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How to conserve electricity use by lights, appliances and air conditioners

Home Energy 101, Sustainable Living Blog / 5 minutes of reading

This is Lesson 10 of our informal online course: Home Energy 101. All lessons by Philip Drader. Our focus in this post is on how we use electricity …

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How to breathe fresh air in your air tight house

Home Energy 101, Sustainable Living Blog / 3 minutes of reading

This is Lesson 9 of our informal online course: Home Energy 101. All lessons by Philip Drader. Fresh air is fantastic! But there’s a little misconception that ‘A …

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Heating and using hot water more efficiently

Home Energy 101, Sustainable Living Blog / 5 minutes of reading

This is Lesson 8 of our informal online course: Home Energy 101. All lessons by Philip Drader. There are lots of uses for hot water in the home. …

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checking furnace in home energy evaluation

Do you need a new furnace?

Home Energy 101, Sustainable Living Blog / 5 minutes of reading

This is Lesson 7 of our informal online course: Home Energy 101. All lessons by Philip Drader. Replacing a furnace can be a fairly straightforward affair. You call …

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How to make good window choices

Home Energy 101, Sustainable Living Blog / 2 minutes of reading

This is Lesson 6 of our informal online course: Home Energy 101. All lessons by Philip Drader. In this lesson, we’ll take a look at windows. If you …

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measuring wall for room to insulate

Insulating the walls of your home

Home Energy 101, Sustainable Living Blog / 3 minutes of reading

This is Lesson 5 of our informal online course: Home Energy 101. All lessons by Philip Drader. This lesson is all about your walls and, specifically, whether they …

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Green insulation in between two-by-fours

How to insulate your basement

Home Energy 101, Sustainable Living Blog / 3 minutes of reading

This is Lesson 4 of our informal online course: Home Energy 101. All lessons by Philip Drader. After you’ve resolved any moisture issues in your basement, you can …

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Wet basement

Deal with moisture in your basement before insulating

Home Energy 101, Sustainable Living Blog / 2 minutes of reading

This is Lesson 3 of an informal online course:Home Energy 101. By Philip Drader. Before insulating, it’s important to double check your basement to make sure that you …

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