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Love Smart Meter, Hey Brazil, You Want Some Power Conservation?

The Smart Meter has taken over America. Promising to bring energy savings and promote the development of a smart grid. Do we love the smart meter enough to wish it on anyone

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Energy Spy Tools, TED Saves Power

What you get, is an accurate reading on how much juice your using right now. The TED people have it right when they say, "If you can measure it, you can learn how to save it." ( or something like

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Eco ShowerDrop, Save Water, Energy, & Carbon

New gadgets like the Eco ShowerDrop will help all of us save energy and money at home. The ShowerDrop keeps track of the time we are in the shower and the amount of water we are using. When we save water and reduce hot water use, we conserve power, reduce carbon production, and save

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CFL Light Bulbs V.S. Incandescent – Saving Power at Home

Saving power and money at home by learning the difference between CFL and incandescent light bulbs. What's the difference? The difference can save you energy and money at

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Who Makes the Smart Meter?

HOW THE SWISS SEEM TO BE GOOD AT MAKING WATCHES AND SMART METERS. Get to know and understand the Smart Meter at your home and the Smart Meter can help you conserve energy and control your power

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Invitation to All Energy Spy’s

Not only am I searching for energy savings, but I am also searching for more Energy Spy's. Now that you have visited Detect Energy and have a feel for the place, perhaps you could recommend Detect Energy to your friends. Every home can benefit from energy saving tips, ideas and measures and if we approach energy savings one Energy Spy after another, we can make a difference in how energy effects our homes, our community and our

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Instant Energy Saving Tip – Stop Air From Sneaking Under the Door

Stopping the gap under an exterior door can be a great way to save power and money. An air leak reduces the effectiveness of your heating and cooling system and keeps the furnace or air conditioner from using the benefits of it's

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PowerHouse Solar Shingle, Renewable Energy

Solar power collector built right into roofing shingle delivers clean, renewable solar power right from your roof. This article discusses some of the pro's and con's of this type of solar

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CFL vs ESL, 7 recycling tips, Envi for Xmas, Save Energy Ho-Ho-Ho

About a new energy efficient light bulb called an ESL, recycling and 7 tips to help you get it right, at $129 give the gift that just keeps on giving, the Envi power

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Instant Savings Tip – How and Why to Close Foundation Vents in Cold Weather to Save Energy

Here is How and Why to close your foundation vents in cool weather. Your home will be easier and cheaper to heat, you will save energy, lower your power bill, and keep your feet

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Home Star Information – 4-19-10

The problem: There's not enough trained personnel to tackle the more sophisticated pieces of Homestar (named after Energy Star, the government’s popular energy efficiency labeling

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To Unplug or Not, That is One Question for Energy Savings

Instant saving tip, don't let the phantom add dollars to your power bill. It pays to

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Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion Energy and No Uranium.

Nuclear fusion does not have to mean radioactive uranium. New and safer methods of using nuclear fusion to produce energy is an exciting field and holds real potential to provide efficient

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Furnace Oversizing Can Lead to Less Energy Efficiency

Oversizing of mechanical equipment has been a standard of installation for many years, but thanks to a growing emphasis on building efficiency and home performance, oversizing is (hopefully) seeing the end of its

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8 R’s – New Way to Spell Energy Conservation

The fact is, we have been sold a bill of goods by our current industrial system that basically runs on waste, on selling stuff to us but not being responsible for the garbage that comes with

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Ivanpah – Glass Roof – Nanotech – all Support Energy Efficiency

Scientists are working around the world and around the clock to develop new ways to promote and develop energy efficiency. From glass shingles to invisiable layers of nanofibers, energy conservation is taking some interesting

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Home Energy Score Card for Conserving Energy

With the new Home Energy Score, consumers will find out how their home compares with others and how much money they could save by adding insulation, sealing air leaks or doing other

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How Kids can have Fun Conserving Energy

Energy conservation awareness is kind of the same thing. Teach the young the old sayings and the right way to do things and when they grow up it will just be in their blood, it will become the standard practice. Saving energy and conserving power comes easier to those that grow up with the

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Instant Savings Tip, Get the A.C. out of the Window

Here is an Instant Saving Tip for you and your home as we head into the winter months. Have a good Veterans Day and I hope your power bill is behaving itself. Don

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How to Cut Your Energy Bill During the Winter

With winter just around the corner, everyone’s mind is on their energy bill. The energy bill of most households goes up dramatically each winter—usually due to heating costs. However, here are a few simple—and in most cases cheap—tasks to help you cut costs in your energy bill during the

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How Hybrids Work

While it’s common knowledge that hybrid cars are more fuel efficient than ordinary automobiles, most consumers are clueless about how they work, and what makes them so much more fuel efficient. Knowing how they work can in fact help you make them even more fuel

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How to Call Your Power Company by a Better Name

Our electric bill is different. This bill holds plenty of information that can provide tips and incentives to reducing our power comsumption. It's a shame we do not take the time and effort to closely anaylize each statement. Our power bill is the first notice that we are doing OK conservation wise or that we are basically just an energy

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UK Cooking on Poop Gas

The need for renewable energy sources, that reduce the need for fossil fuel, may well dictate that we take a good long look at the poop gas business. Currently, in the United Kingdom, poop gas is being sold directly to the consumer. Households in Oxfordshire, are cooking and heating with their own

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Invitation to All Future Energy Spy’s

Not only am I searching for energy savings, but I am also searching for more Energy Spy's. Now that you have visited Detect Energy and have a feel for the place, perhaps you could recommend Detect Energy to your friends. Every home can benefit from energy saving tips, ideas and measures and if we approach energy savings one Energy Spy after another, we can make a difference in how energy effects our homes, our community and our

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Understanding Solar Electric Power: Facts and Stats

Most Americans do not have a personal relationship with a bunch of solar panels. About all most people really know about solar panels is from pictures in magazines and the short caption written underneath. Perhaps you have additional knowledge from viewing an ad on T.V. that promises solar electric production and then you never have to buy electricity from the evil empire