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Iowa City Launches Survey Seeking Community Input on Solar
How would you like to generate solar energy to run your home or fuel your car? Would you like to store it away for a rainy day or sell it to a power company? How about joining a kind of solar cooperative, where you buy or lease solar panels at a comm [...]
For The Love of Slippers: How I Learned to Change My Indoor Habits to Save Money
A lot of our incomes go into keeping the temperature in our homes comfortable. Families on or below the poverty line are estimated to be spending 16.5% of their annual income just on home heating/cooling costs -- that's a significant amount of funds [...]
Summer Cooling: Natural Home Ventilation by Martha Norbeck
The most efficient heating and cooling setting in your home is ‘OFF.’ Using natural ventilation is a cost-saving and healthier alternative to using your home air conditioner in the summer. If you keep an eye on the forecast, you can plan for opportu [...]