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More Ways to Save a Little Green by Going "Green" . . .

Reblogger David Popoff
Real Estate Broker/Owner with DMK Real Estate Ct RE Broker 0789963

Thanks Chris for these links. Putting these practices in action do not cost a lot of money and actually saves you money and natural resources. I'm a big fan of the Tube lights for hallways and walkin closets, rain gardens and/or rain barrels, and the use of LED's bulbs that you can now use in lamps and ceiling cans. ~ Dave

Original content by Chris Canfield SA678905000

I thought you might enjoy some more ways to save money by going green that I have come across (these are good anywhere--not just Connecticut!):

15 Green Projects for Under $500 - I have already insullated my hot water pipes (years ago); now I had better run down and clean my refrigerator coils!

10 Ways to Shrink Your Energy Bills - Although I have done most of these items personally, I would have to say that #5 on this list was probably one of the biggest returns on the dollar - "make your attic more cush."  I simply purchased rolls of insullation at my "local home-improvement store," rolled them in the opposite direction of the existing insulation in the attic, and watched the savings mount up over the past nine years!  One way that you can tell who has really good insulation in their attic is to look at roofs after a snowstorm.  If the snow melts off quickly, it is because of heat loss. 

How Eight Homeowners Saved Over $12,275 on Energy - The first story here is about homeowners who installed a pellet stove.  I did this about five years ago, so I can tell you first hand, Storing all those pellets someplace dry can be a challenge!  I have three cars parked in my two-car garage, plus currently four pallets of pellets.  When fuel was at its highest a few years ago, I actually had 14 pallets stored around the house (yes, I was able to keep them dry). 

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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

Pellet stoves and woodstoves are great options to save on heating fuel costs. You can even make these options greener by using more efficient stoves...like the Quadra Fire brand. It has a catalytic converter that double and triple burns the  smoke cutting down on the emissions that are sent up the chimney.

Sep 08, 2010 01:39 AM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Great reblog.  These are some great green tips.  The attic one is especially good return on dollar and not hard to do.

Sep 08, 2010 02:09 AM
Dan Edward Phillips
Dan Edward Phillips - Eureka, CA
Realtor and Broker/Owner

Hi David, great post with good ideas, thanks for putting it back up!

Sep 08, 2010 02:33 AM
Jason Channell
Diadem Property Inspections - Serving Southeast Michigan - Troy, MI
The House Sleuth

David, thanks for the reblog. I love light tubes.

Also, I spoke had a meeting with a lighting guy yesterday who shared about the future of LEDs. Very exciting, and soon to be affordable mainstream product for about every application.

Sep 10, 2010 03:54 AM
David Popoff
DMK Real Estate - Darien, CT
Realtor®,SRS, Green ~ Fairfield County, Ct

Thanks everyone, share the knowledge, Chris Canfield was the author of this awesome blog.

Sep 16, 2010 10:51 AM