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    BUILDING,  ENERGY,  Heat Pumps,  Heating & Cooling,  Repair

    Simple Fixes for 6 Common HVAC Problems

    Top Hint – Clean and replace the air filters regularly. Dirty, clogged or damaged air filters reduce air flow, which makes your HVAC system work harder. They can also allow dirt to enter your system, causing further damage.

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    ENERGY,  HEALTH & HOME,  Home Garden,  RE-THINK

    The Grass is Always Greener

    Ok, so it’s not the grass that we are talking about, it’s the tools that we use in our yards – mowers, trimmers, clippers, pruners, cultivators, and saws – that can be a lot greener.

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    Construction Waste,  HEALTH & HOME,  Home Garden,  RE-THINK,  Recycle,  Reuse

    Upcycling Windows & Doors – Urban Gardening Projects

    Upcycling — has become increasingly common among city dwellers due to its ease, accessibility and artsy appeal.

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  • moving
    HEALTH & HOME,  Housing,  RE-THINK,  Reduce

    Moving to a New Home, the Green Way

    Moving is not a fun task, and a move can become wasteful, considering all the non-recyclable material and household goods being tossed out as garbage.

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  • ENERGY,  Energy Conservation,  Fossil Fuels,  Reduce

    Save Gas With Hypermiling

    Gas-saving driving habits, called hypermiling, can help you achieve up to 40 percent more miles per gallon (mpg) than your car’s official fuel economy estimate. Take, for example, a 2005 Honda Accord, a best-selling sedan with a mpg rating of 24 (21 city, 31 highway). According to Wayne Gerdes — who coined the term “hypermiling” and is considered by many to be its leading expert and trainer — an Accord driver who is savvy to hypermiling can expect to get about 35 mpg. Dedicated hypermilers can achieve 50 percent or better improvement over their vehicles’ estimated mpg figures. Last year, Gerdes set a world record for distance in a gas-powered,…

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  • Gas washers
    Home Garden,  RE-THINK,  Think Piece

    Electric Living

    How many of us give our washing machines a second thought? And why should we? They’re reliable, automatic, hidden away, and quietly serve us when needed, with little fuss or mess. It was not always so.

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    RE-THINK,  Recycle,  Think Piece

    The Impact of Recycling

    Americans spend and average of $51,000 on household expenditures per year. Most are for items which end up as trash and goes to the landfill.

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    RE-THINK,  Reduce,  Reuse,  Think Piece

    8 Ways to Reduce Your Water Waste

    Water is wasted waiting for the shower or sink to warm up, on the slow leak you have in the toilet bowl that you never knew about and from sprinkling your lawn every day.

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    Re-art,  RE-THINK,  Reuse

    Chicken of Eggshells

    Kyle Bean is a U.K. artist with a passion for craft as is apparent in his innovative chicken sculpture made of eggshells.

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  • Recycle

    Cradle to Cradle Carpeting

    What exactly does this mean? : You purchase EcoWorx carpet tiles or broadloom from a local dealer. When the carpeting has outlived its useful life, it is removed and returned to the dealer.

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