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Seattle to provide "wood waste" energy to Sacramento
The City of Seattle has announced an energy trade between Seattle and Sacramento. Seattle will offer regular renewable energy to Sacramento in exchange for some normal power to help Seattle cope with its high winter energy needs. The renewable energy...
How does recycling translate into energy?
One of the lessons we try to teach regularly at Brave New Leaf is that recycling is important for more reasons than full landfills. One of the big reasons to recycle is that it saves energy. "Meh," you say. "How......
Energy Project: Switching to Compact Flourescent Bulbs
Current Power consumed: 56.64 kwh/month % of total power usage: 10% Forecasted power conserved: 40.92 kwh/month Forecasted % reduction in power usage: 7% Cost: $28.67 Payback Time: 10 months Forecasted Money Saved: $3.05/month Time to Implement: 90 m...
Energy Audit #3: Where does my power come from?
This article is part 3 of a series. Read previous article. Growing up, I was blessed with four younger sisters. As a result, I was intensely interested in where babies came from, and received several progressive "birds and the bees"......
