If you live in Cambridge, like me, you’re in luck–HEET Cambridge has partnered with Sagewell, Inc. to offer free thermal scans of your home. Sagewell drives through neighborhoods with a thermal scanner (much like Google does with its Street View cameras) and captures a thermal image of the front of your house. You can see where […]

For one more week, Home Depot will recycle your old Christmas lights and give you a coupon for $3–5 off LED lights. LED lights use 80% less energy and can last ten times longer than regular lights. Thanks to Green Lifestyle Consulting for the tip!

Now I never have to plug my Kindle into an outlet! For my birthday this year Mike and Sharon gave me a ReVIVE solar charger. I wouldn’t have bought it for myself, because I was skeptical about how well it would work, but it’s really proven its utility. I guess this is evidence (not proof!) […]

From now until July 31, Cambridge Energy Alliance is offering $125 toward the purchase of a new Energy Star air conditioner if you recycle an old, inefficient air conditioner. View the voucher form for more information. Open to Cambridge residents only.

I know that clothes dryers are second only to refrigerators in home energy use, but rack drying clothes has always seemed a little intimidating to me. I don’t know why—my mother used to hang laundry outside (even when it sometimes froze!). But once I was out on my own, like most apartment dwellers, laundromats were […]