When I last wrote about LED lighting, it was substantially more expensive. The prices have dropped so low now that anyone who does not replace their bulbs with LED is just being stubborn. There is an LED replacement for every kind of incandescent or fluorescent bulb. While they still cost fractionally more, they amortise in […]
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Tesla Solar Roof Shingles
Tesla is becoming uniquely poised for success in 2017 and beyond, helping to build a new, sustainable world for all of us. They manufacture and install the entire system for converting any residence into a self sustaining home. Included now in that set of tools is a way to roof your entire house will photovoltaic […]
Tesla PowerWall
Tesla has invented the answer to the problem of solar energy storage in a home for an affordable price. Yes, you can heat your home with solar energy, and there is enough sunlight in Maine. It will amortize quite quickly to become free energy for you for many years to come. If you want to […]
Solar Glass Windows
Pretty soon, your windows, which lose most of the energy in your house, will be compensating by generating energy from sunlight. Another brilliant advance in the architecture of clean energy on the way to fruition. http://solarwindow.com/
Solar Energy System Inverters
This company is the biggest. It doesn’t mean it is the only good choice. But just to get you started getting familiar with this component of a residential photovoltaic energy system, you could start on this page: Aurora by Power One
Stylish Prefabricated Bathrooms
I was staying overnight in Glasgow, waiting for a flight. It was a spanking new hotel. The room was very small. If I were leaning toward obese, I would have been disappointed, but I was okay with small. I had everything I needed. A comfortable bed, good room temperature, lovely natural light with a view, […]
Hardwood Flooring Manufactured
Manufactured, composite, laminate, engineered; there are a lot of terms thrown around to label this type of finish flooring. There are a few manufacturing techniques available. The categories of choices are Engineered, Domestic, Exotic, Handscraped, and Stained, and all are not the same price, but close. You may be able to afford something exotic such […]