Archives for May, 2008

5 Tips To Reduce Your Household Expenses


Every month, when you analyse your monthly household expenditures, do you notice an increase as compared to previous months? It may just be ten dollars or a hundred dollars but it is definitely on the rise.  If you are not paying attention, it can surprise you one day when suddenly you don’t have enough to pay the [...]

Energy Efficient Windows and Doors


Houses leak most of their heat through the windows. Seals and weather-stripping on cheap and badly installed windows allow heat-robbing drafts, and regular glass is not a very good insulator. But the initial cost of quality energy-efficient windows can give one pause. Is it really worth the extra money to get windows that can reduce [...]

11 Ways to Lower Your Summer Electric Bills


Now that summer is here, electric bills are skyrocketing with the heat. Air conditioners are coming on by the millions in an effort to cool down. Add that to the electrical appliances, televisions and other electronics that consume power and your electric bill soars. Here are some tips to reduce those costs.
1. Closing your curtains [...]

Evolve Showerhead Review


I had mentioned the Evolve showerhead in a previous post.  It was interesting enough that I pruchased one for my own use.
The beauty of the Evolve showerhead is that it lets you save water without compromising your waterflow.  As I had mentioned, it does this by shutting the water down to a trickle when it [...]

12 Ways to Save Water in Your Home


Clean running water, an absolute necessity to our very survival, is also incredibly handy around the house. So handy, in fact, that most of us use it wastefully at least part of the time. As our growing population strains our water resources and infrastructure to the limits, costs for providing water will escalate. We can [...]