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Go green with your home renovations with green home & energy efficiency and water saving strategies that can cut costs and improve your comfort

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Cost of Raising Chickens for Eggs: Store Bought vs. Owning Chickens

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Home Energy Audits: Save Money and Conserve Energy

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This Tiny Home Was Built Inside a 30-Ton Concrete Pipe

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Eco-Friendly Kitchens Serve Up Sustainability

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Home Insulation: Green Armor Against High Energy Costs

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Green Home Improvement Tips and Advice

Tips to help you choose green home & house improvements that save energy, conserve water and more. Learn about green home improvements such as adding insulation, water-saving fixtures.

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How to Save Water During a Dry Summer

Conserving water is more important than ever. During summer dry spells, this may seem like an impossible task, but with a few tips saving water is easy.

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Sealing Drafts: Energy Saving Tips

Find out how to properly seal drafts in walls, windows, doors and outlets and switches to increase home comfort year-round, while decreasing the amount you spend to heat or cool your home.

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How to Winterize Your Home

Learn small fall fix-ups to avert big winter woes. Fall is a great time to winterize your home by performing a few home maintenance projects around the house so you can reap energy savings and avoid expensive problems during the winter.

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Green moving tips can save cash and the environment

If moving is on the horizon for you, there are lots of great options for green-minded moving that can help save money and keep waste from littering the transition. Ban the Boxes While cardboard varieties can take a few rounds of use, the better, cheaper option is actually a fleet of reusable plastic bins that …

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Energy Efficient Lighting

Using energy efficient light bulbs to increase energy savings.  Save money on lighting bills with energy efficient lighting.

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Cut Energy Costs At Home

Learn what you spent on energy bills last year and then find out where to cut costs for savings this year.

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Free and Cheap Energy Bill Saving Tips

Get Free and Cheap Energy Bill Saving Tips and ideas for your home improvement projects.

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Save Energy With Blown Or Batt Insulation

When you hear about insulation, you may hear the term R values – this is just a fancy way to measure the thermal resistance of things – including insulation.

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Insulate Your Attic Stairs

Imagine leaving a window open all winter long – the heat loss, the cold drafts, the wasted energy! If your home has a folding attic stair, that may be just what is happening every single day. But there is something you can do about it.

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What Qualifies as Sustainable Wood?

How do I know if I’m getting truly green, sustainable wood flooring products?

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Meet Florida’s Showcase Green Envirohome

I’m interested in building a super environmentally friendly home.  I’ve seen and read about homes that claim to have energy efficient and earth friendly features, but have not seen one total example of a home that delivers both.  Are you aware of any such homes?

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Smart Lawn Sprinkler Tips

After last summer’s high water bills, I’d like to make some changes to my landscaping that’ll preserve its good looks without wasting water and costing me a bundle. Got any suggestions to get me started in my water-saving quest?

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Going Green While Growing Green: Tips for Creating Smart Lawn Stewardship Program

Going green in a home lawn care program doesn’t have to be a daunting task.  There are some easy, cost-effective steps homeowners can take to improve their lawns while enhancing the positive effects of lawn maintenance on the environment. A healthy lawn is not only beautiful; it provides great benefits for the environment.  Consider that: …

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Open The Door To Energy Savings

Always close door, windows and vents to rooms you don’t use to save on your energy bills.  BUT there is ONE door that you should OPEN to save money.  It’s your dishwasher door.

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Energy Tax Credits

Learn how to qualify for energy tax credits and make home improvements for winter comfort and tax-time savings .

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Building a Log Home or Cabin

Get tips for Building a Log Home or Cabin including log home site planning, log home selection and log home design? Plus, learn how log homes can be very energy efficient and how to research reference materials on the building of log homes through the Log Home Council.

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Energy Saving Light: Bulbs and Fixtures

Learn how to illuminate your home with bulbs and fixtures that lighten up energy bills. Illuminate your home with stylish energy efficient lighting, ranging from energy efficient CFLs, energy efficient ceiling fans, energy saving light bulbs and fixtures for your home.

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Architectural Salvage: Recycled Building Materials Brings the Best of the Past to Your Door

Architectural salvage is the ultimate in recycled building materials. Building with recycled building materials from architectural salvage centers combines modern green-building principles with a love for the architecture of recycled building materials.

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Seal Spaces

Spring provides the perfect weather for a few inexpensive outdoor fix ups.  Seal cracks in foundations with a flexible urethane caulk.  Repair holes …

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30 Easy Ideas to Save Energy at Home

Smart ways to cut costs all year long, in every room and Home energy saving tips to help you save money in every season and improve the energy efficiency of every room in your house.

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Don’t Take Bath On Hot Water Bills

Are you taking a bath on your hot water bills?  Here’s a tip to help you use less and spend less.  Simply lower the temperature!  With electric water…

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