It’s not only cold snaps that can threaten your water supply, but any of a multitude of climate and weather related possibilities. Anything that threatens the power grid or the quality of the water supply itself, can cause water pumping stations to shut down. Part of the solution is to stock up on water just before disaster strikes, and consider catching the rain…
Insulation presents a significant opportunity for your carbon footprint reduction, but that’s not the real reason to do it. It also improves comfort and lowers your energy costs. With 90% of US homes under-insulated, enhancing insulation can reduce energy use and carbon emissions dramatically. It also offers additional benefits like increased home value.
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LED lights are efficient, clean, and the quality of light can’t be beat, even by ancient incandescents. Incandescent bulbs are down right primitive by comparison – it’s technology straight out of the 1800s, literally. Changing all of your bulbs to LEDs is pretty straightforward in most cases. It can be as simple as buying a box of LED bulbs from your local superstore or online, and swapping them out. However, sometimes you might have a pesky fluorescent fixture in your house. I just moved into a new house not long ago. The place was built in the late 1980s and… Read More »Fight Climate Change – Install Your Own LED Lights