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Plans to Reduce Our Heating Costs This WinterAs the temperatures have begun to drop, we have been thinking about what we are going to do to reduce our gas usage this winter. Our goal is to reduce our natural gas usage by 20% from last winter which could be challenging since we do not have the money to put insulation in […] Cool New Solar TechnologyAs I was doing a little research on solar power and refrigeration, I came upon a company, Matteran Energy, that has an interesting and promising new solar technology. It seems to be in the prototype stage currently, but the technology looks fairly sound. Compact Fluorescents Can Save a BundleAs you may remember from the post on our plans to reduce our electricity usage by 50%, one of our main strategies was to switch to using compact fluorescents. I believe that this simple change will give us a nice large decrease in our electricity usage, because most of our electricity usage in our […] Killing Phantom Loads to Lower Electricity UsageAs you may remember from the post on our plans to reduce our electricity usage by 50%, one of our strategies was to eliminating phantom loads within our home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |