SunRunHome.com has information on solar powering your home. This includes a quote for your community, how it works, and how to convert your home to solar power.

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This entry was posted on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 11:30 pm and is filed under Green Homes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Some people can increase the energy efficiency of their home through landscaping. You can carefully position your trees to lower the impacts of the sun on your house in the summer, lower the effect of the wind on your house in the winter, and decrease noise and light pollution.

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This entry was posted on Saturday, April 25th, 2009 at 3:00 pm and is filed under Green Homes, Landscaping. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

WebMD has an article on  improving indoor air quality. Having good air quality can help increase the healthiness of people with Asthma, and also help prevent some diseases that arise from bad quality.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 at 9:59 pm and is filed under Green Homes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

You can find out information about solar power at solarpowerathome.com. They show the advantages and disadvantages , how it works, and solar powered boats, laptops, and more.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 at 7:21 pm and is filed under Green Homes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Consumerenergycenter.org has a section on energy efficient appliances. They give tips on buying dishwashers, microwaves, stoves, and other appliances.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 at 10:12 am and is filed under Appliances, Green Homes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Before buying a solar powered electrical system, there are a few things you should know. Here are 10 tips for solar power.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, March 26th, 2009 at 10:16 pm and is filed under Green Homes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

With weather getting warmer, most people will start running their air conditioner within the next 2 months. Using the air conditioner accounts for 5% of the electricity produced each year. You can reduce the energy consumed by the air conditioner by reading this handy guide. It will reduce the electric bill during the summer, and it will also help the environment.

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This entry was posted on Monday, March 23rd, 2009 at 10:09 pm and is filed under Appliances, Green Homes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

If you live in an area that gets sun often, you might want to consider switching to solar power. Solar power will never cost you anything once it’s installed, because it’s from the sun directly to your home, it’s environmentally friendly, and if the price of oil skyrockets again, you can laugh at everyone who is paying for energy while you sit there and let the sun do all of the work for you. (The sun won’t suddenly decide to charge you more for the energy.) EEsolar.com sells and installs solar panels for your home. The problem with solar power, no sun at night and on cloudy days, can easily be solved by a battery system. It will cost more, but it will store power during a sunny day for nights and cloudy days.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 at 10:15 pm and is filed under Green Homes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

You can build your own solar oven with Path to Freedom’s guide. The solar oven uses only the sun’s power, so if it’s a sunny day and you don’t want to cook inside, its a good free alternative. You can build it yourself, it’s not something you buy for a few hundred dollars.

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This entry was posted on Sunday, March 8th, 2009 at 7:41 pm and is filed under Appliances, Green Homes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

This government site has a guide to designing your home to be energy efficient.

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This entry was posted on Monday, February 16th, 2009 at 8:50 pm and is filed under Green Homes, Remodeling overview. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.