When to turn your heat down
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Does turning your heat down when you go to sleep or leave the house for extended periods of time actually cost you money?
The answer is a resounding “no,” according to experts at the Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Ecos Consulting, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
However, there’s still a common misperception that if you set the temperature of your thermostat
Data center underneath cathedral will heat Finland Homes
Data centers generate a lot of heat. In fact, over 50 percent of the energy used by data centers is for cooling the servers, not computing. Almost all efforts to make them more efficient focus on keeping the equipment cool with less energy. But what if all that heat could be used for good? We recently wrote about the potential of using waste heat to generate electricity,
12 cool things to do with used dryer sheets
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[In his ongoing but sporadic series Don't Throw That Away!, the Green Cheapskate shows you how to repurpose just about anything, saving money and the environment in the process. Send him your repurposing ideas and challenges, but whatever you do, Don't Throw That Away!]
Since nearly half of all marriages in the U.S. now end in divorce — and those that do last less than eight
