Green Living and other home improvements
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Electric snowblowers: Do they really work as well as gas?
There is an electric revolution underway. We once thought gasoline was essential to power our cars. We still assume natural gas should be piped into our homes to heat our homes. But new technologies are letting millions… More >>
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Trending cooking tools for high performance kitchens
Old school gas cooking wastes more than half the energy used to cook. That means for every dollar you pay for energy only 40 cents goes to cooking your food and 60 cents is just wasted. Most of it is just lost as heat.… More >>
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Want a beautiful house? Burn it: Why charred wood siding is trending
Shou Sugi Ban is an old Japanese method of preserving wood by burning it. The technique simultaneously makes the wood beautiful, mold resistant, pest resistant and, ironically, fire resistant. Thanks to its stunning… More >>
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Amazing new skylight doesn't require sunlight (and never leaks)
Sunlight is vital to a happy home. Homes with good natural daylight sell for more than those that are dark and dreary. Nothing lives without sunlight. So it makes sense that we crave the sun and we feel good in well-lit… More >>
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SnowBuddy: sharing economy brings crowd-sourced sidewalk snow removal
A new crowd-sourced, neighborhood based program is about to revolutionize sidewalk snow removal. What if you lived in a snowy place that never plowed the roads, even if there was three feet of snow? How many people… More >>
