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Old Home Improvement: 4 Ways Installing New Windows Can Impact Your Energy Bills

Not only do new windows make your home look and feel updated, they can also do a lot for the energy efficiency of your home. If you upgrade your windows, your home could become more efficient and your bills could get lower. They Reduce Drafts Old windows can be drafty especially if they are not installed correctly. New windows reduce the draft and can make it easier for you to keep your home warm in the winter and cool in the summer. It’s important to recognize that drafty windows
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Your Office Space: How to Make Your Place of Business More Energy Efficient

The amount you pay for energy can directly affect your profits. This is especially true if you own a small or medium-sized business because of the way the profit structures work. If you want to lower your energy bills, you can start out with focusing on the efficiency of your business. There are different things you can do to protect your business from huge spikes in energy usage! Fix Your Lighting Lights can be one of the biggest draws on energy. Harsh fluorescent lighting isn’t
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Why Now Is the Time to Build Your Own Tiny House

For the last several years, the idea of building a tiny home and having a scaled-down living experience has been increasing in popularity across the country. While it may have started out as a unique housing option that inspired curiosity, it now has gained traction and is the preferred way of life for many people regardless of age and other demographic factors. If you have been thinking about taking the plunge and building a tiny home, there has never been a better time than now to get started.
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Green Goals: 5 States That Are Making Renewable Energy a Priority

Due to the stress that using oil, coal, and other resources has on the environment, finding ways to incorporate renewable energy solutions is very important. Today, there are many great renewable energy options, including solar and wind technology. Overall, there are five states in the United States that are continuing to make renewable energy investments a priority.  Maine  The state of Maine continues to be a leader when it comes to renewable energy. A very impressive 75% of the state's ene
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The Man Cave: How to Make Your Garage More Energy Efficient

Having a man cave is a great way to make your family life better. It gives you privacy and a place to be a guy without interruptions. However, it can also be an energy hog. From televisions to sound systems and more, you need a way to make your man cave more energy efficient so it doesn’t break the budget. Here are five great ideas to get your started.   Lighting Your man cave might have a variety of specialty lighting. Some of it is for mood, while some of it is for being
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Environmental decline is at an all-time high – what can YOU do about it?

How to Promote Your Corporate Environmental Responsibility Actions

Corporate environmental responsibility is a unique business strategy, and it is increasingly gaining popularity in the United Kingdom and other countries of the world. Business organizations have the responsibility to cater to the needs of their stakeholders in the way they do their business, the same way they provide to the needs of their shareholders. Corporate Environmental Responsibility is equally referred to as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and it prompts business owners not to li
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Community Cleanup: 4 Ways to Honor the Earth with a Collaborative Effort

All of us want to live in a clean, safe, and attractive community. However, we all need to do our part to provide a wholesome environment for work and play. If you are tired of seeing trash-strewn parks and littered playgrounds, here are a few tips that could help to form a collaborative approach to cleaning local public spaces. Do Your Part Be vigilant about throwing trash in public containers and not on the ground or out the car window. If you see trash in your path, put it in th
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Lizzie Weakley's Green Blog

How Tankless Water Heaters Can Help Make Your Home More Energy Efficient

There are advantages and disadvantages to having a tankless water heater. The main advantage is that your home can be more energy efficient. There are also other benefits that you might want to consider. Here are some of the reasons that investing in a tankless water heater is better for your home. Less Overall Waste A water heater that has to hold your hot water in reserve is wasting a lot of energy in doing so. This is because it has to run frequently in order to maintain the te
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Environmentally Sound: Making Waste Water Treatment More Ecological

Wastewater treatment is without a doubt a wonderful thing for the environment. If you’re keen to save the world, you should try it out. It doesn’t squander any waste, first of all. It safeguards humans from diseases. It even gives them access to fresh H20. If you’re looking for wastewater treatment solutions that are eco-friendly, these routes can help you greatly. Install a Wastewater System for Yourself Getting a wastewater treatment system for your residence can be great for you
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Protect Yourself from Bugs and Save the Earth at the Same Time

If you have bugs in your home, you can get rid of them without harming the environment. There are many green pest control methods that are both simple and effective. Here are a few great ways to protect yourself from bugs and save the earth at the same time. Make a Garlic and Mint Insect Spray If bugs are invading your garden, you can try making a garlic and mint spray to repel these pests. HuffPost suggests blending some mint leaves and garlic cloves in a food processor and then a
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Shades of an Apple Green Home

How to Organize a Neighborhood Trash Cleanup for the Planet

Keeping your neighborhood clean can be good for aesthetic purposes. It can also be good for keeping the planet happy and safe for all for generations and generations to come. If you want to do your part in helping the planet, you should think about setting up a trash cleanup project in your community. Set a Great Example If you want your neighbors to follow suit, you should begin by setting a great example. Pick up trash around your neighborhood in the middle of the day when other
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Brooke Chaplan's Green Blog

Better Planning: Improvements that Reduce Waste in Every Industry

Waste is a serious issue in our industrialized world. The more convenient we make our every day lives, the more waste we seem to produce. There are better ways to achieve convenience while reducing the amount of waste produced. Renting Small Equipment Every industry relies on the use of small equipment. Dollies are used to haul large shipments of boxes or heavy materials. Electronic scales are required to measure the weight of products and materials in several industries. Portable
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Junk Collectors: The Best Practices to Recycling Your Scrap Metal

Recycling scrap metal shouldn’t have to be a fulltime job. There are lots of different resources available in which you can dispose of unwanted metal. Here are some of the best practices that you can use in order to recycling your scrap metal and be kind to the environment. Understand Metal Types The type of metal that you’re looking to recycle will dictate the means in which you can recycle it. Ferrous and nonferrous materials are sometimes required to be recycled by a different
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Climate Change: How to Help an Inconsistent Thermostat Conserve Energy

When you program your thermostat, you reasonably expect the thermostat to maintain the entire home at the desired temperature without hassle at all times. In many homes, however, there may be a significant temperature differential from room to room. This can cause a thermostat to work overtime, which can result in skyrocketing energy bills. If you are having trouble with your home’s thermostat, the problem may not actually be related to this device. Instead, it may be related to various other fe
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3 Wasteful Practices to Avoid When Heating Your Home

If you’re not careful, you can end up wasting a lot of money each day on heating your home. On average, most households in the United States spend roughly $2,200 per year on utility bills. You could reduce your costs by ensuring that you avoid certain wasteful practices that are probably causing your heating bill to skyrocket. Setting Your Thermostat Wrong Many people set their thermostat for a bit higher than they really need to. Decreasing the temperature in your home by a couple
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Inside the Workplace: How to Keep Your Office Green and Clean

Being a green office is more than just good for the environment. You can save your business some money be investing in these green and clean solutions. Here are some tips to get you started on making a greener workplace.   Limit Your Paper Consumption Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to print out your emails. This practice is not only wasteful, but time consuming. The whole point of moving to an electronic, paperless system is supposed to be that you use less reso
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Green Living Blog

How to Change Your Home Habits for the Sake of the Environment

Though there is a continuing argument surrounding global warning, many people understand that it is a very real issue. As a result, they’re doing what they can to save the environment. Even though you might not feel like what you can do matters in the grand scheme of things, it really does. Consider these four ways you can change your home habits for the sake of the environment. Purify the Air According to the Environmental Protection Agency, indoor air pollution is one of the main
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3 Ways Our Food Industry Could Change to Protect the Environment

In the last decade or so, much of the business world has made a massive shift to a triple bottom line. This means that companies don’t simply view their profits as evidence of success, but also look at the well-being of their employees and the impact their business has on the environment. Businesses as diverse as Jessica Alba’s The Honest Company to DHL shipping have all successfully made the shift to a triple bottom line model. Here are 3 ways the food industry can also make the shift to help p
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Guidelines for organizing a cleaning day in your community

Raising the awareness for a clean community is extremely important in order to create and maintain a healthy environment, with fresh air, and green areas that make living there more enjoyable than in a busy area of the city where the traffic and the noise produces a lot of pollution. Moreover, a cleaning day in your community can have many other advantages such as helping the people bond while cleaning together and have a lot of fun. All you have to do is to make sure that you involve as many as
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Taking Charge of Your Electrical Usage: 5 Reasons to Consider Going Solar at Home

Solar energy has become more popular in recent years because of its many advantages. Instead of getting power from electricity or gas, solar energy comes directly from the sun and can provide your home with adequate power. Here are five of the main reasons why you should consider switching to solar energy.  Less Expensive  Even though you’ll probably need to invest a large amount of money to have your solar equipment installed, solar energy will likely end up saving you a lot of money in the
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Smart Home: How to Make Your Home More Energy Efficient

The earth is currently going through a lot of challenges. This includes global warming, extreme weather, pollution and more. If these challenges are to be overcome, it’s going to require action from everyone. This certainly includes homeowners. There are steps you can take as a homeowner to lessen your impact on the environment. Below are four strategies for making your home more energy efficient.     Upgrade Your HVAC System One of the biggest drains on your energy efficienc
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Environmental decline is at an all-time high – what can YOU do about it?

Simple Steps to Transform Your Home into A Green Home

Besides recycling and sorting our waste, there are numerous other ways in which we can protect the environment. Transforming our homes into green ones is one of the best ways in which we can boost our efforts. While many of us think that this is an expensive lifestyle to accomplish and follow, things are a bit different. In the process, you will achieve more than preserving the environment. You will also save your family budget. Below is a short list of strategies that you can implement to reach
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Waste Not: 3 Ways Your Company Can Conserve Both Environment and Budget

Saving money is a primary goal for many business owners, but there is also a considerable need to make smart decisions that promote a healthy environment. It may often seem like these two goals are opposing forces, but this does not have to be the case. There are several steps that you can take to improve your company’s bottom line while also helping the environment in different ways. Take Advantage of Workspace Mobility Workspace mobility is a term that describes improving machine
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