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1). 3 Great Reasons To Buy A Portable Air Conditioner
1. Oprah said so.
2. It looks like the robot from “Lost In Space”.
3. Brad and Angelina are adopting one.
For those of you who make your decisions based on real information, here are some cool portable air conditioner facts.
A goldmine of enlightening information can be uncovered by visiting forums. For instance, when I wanted to tap into the experiences.
2). Alternative Cooling
My favorite alternative cooling device is a gin and tonic. It’s portable, easy to operate and provides instant on-demand refreshment.
Is there such a thing as a Tanqueray energy tax credit?
Although you can install solar panels, a wind turbine or micro hydro to generate the electricity to run an air conditioner, the only true whole house alternative cooling method is a geothermal ground source pump.
3). Alternative Heating – Room For Everybody
Tip O’Neill, former Speaker of the House, was fond of saying; “All politics is local”.
The same can be said of alternative heating. WHERE you live is the most important factor in determining which alternative heating or cooling option is most cost effective for your home.
Even if you owned a million dollar townhouse in Boston’s Back Bay, there just isn’t enough room on a 25’ x 100’ lot for a townhouse, small deck, a couple of parking spaces AND a closed loop geothermal heating system.
4). Backyard Landscaping Ideas
No matter where you live, there’s nothing better than relaxing outdoors on a warm summer night watching your backyard landscaping ideas come to life.
Unfortunately, re-landscaping your entire backyard during the course of one growing season can be back breaking, expensive and requires major planning.
Here’s a simple solution: Break up your backyard into “rooms” and remodel one room each year.
5). Evaporative Water Cooler - This Water Cooled Condensing Unit Is No Swamp Cooler
This unique cooling technology from Freus, shouldn’t be confused with a swamp cooler. Although water is used to assist with the cooling, it is sprayed over condensing coils rather than pads.
The water cooled condensing unit is a residential application of the 250 ton split system chillers already used by commercial buildings. Think of this technology as a mini-chiller for residential use.
6). Got Trees? An Outdoor Wood Furnace Will Cut Your Energy Bills Down To Size
If you live in a suburban or rural area near a source of cheap wood, you could heat your home for the entire season for the cost of one month’s electric heat bill. An outdoor furnace requires less tending, eliminates respiratory problems caused by burning wood indoors, and keeps the wood burning mess outside.
There are a surprising number of outdoor furnace manufacturers with a wide range of styles and designs to accommodate different heating capacities and fuel sources.
7). How Do You Cool A Swimming Pool?
The temperature has been a sweltering 103 degrees for a week. Luckily, you don’t install tar and gravel roofs for a living, your car is air conditioned, and when you get home, all or part of it is air conditioned. But when you go to take that refreshing dip in your pool, you end up basting in 25,000 gallons of braising liquid.
Do you try to cool the pool or use it as a crock pot?
Let’s try cooling it off first with these four suggestions that varying widely by price and practicality.
8). Solar Charger for Camping or Anywhere in the World!
I purchased a Soldius1 solar charge last year to charge my granddaughter’s iPod and cell phone while we where camping in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
It comes with seven plastic adapters for charging 250 different devices including power-hungry iPods, Zen Micro MP3 players, BlackBerrys, and mobile phones from Nokia, Siemens, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, and Motorola.
9). Start Shoveling Piles of Cash Back INTO the Window
Now, more than ever, it’s possible to stop wasting energy and be rewarded handsomely for doing so. Whether you’re refinancing your home with an Energy Efficient Mortgage, getting a rebate from your local utility for purchasing an Energy Star appliance or earning a tax credit when you install a new boiler, the savings are immediate, and over the long term, substantial.
10). Thinking About Buying A Corn Stove Online? Read This
The first step to buying a pellet stove on line is to research which corn or wood pellet stove is appropriate for your home heating needs. Take into account the size of your home, its floor plan and the existing heating system. Also, measure door openings to make sure your new stove will make it into the house.
A bigger stove (40,000 + BTU’s) is better than a small stove.
11). Wind Power Payback Period
The much anticipated Skystream 3.7 residential wind turbine by Southwest Wind Power has just been released and will start shipping in August. But what's the payback period for the latest in wind power technology?
What sets the Skystream 3.7 apart from other residential wind turbines is the all-inclusive wind generator with the controls and inverter built in.
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