Archive for April, 2010

Get Along Little Freezer: the Great Refrigerator Roundup

Today we continued our journey to make our home more eco-efficient and to be more environmentally sensitive.
The people from the Great Refrigerator Roundup where here today to take away our old chest freezer – living in our backyard for a few months now, removed from its home in our laundry room when we did the [...]

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Celebrating Earth Day with a Programmable Demand Control Thermostat

We recently signed up for a great program that our power company (Horizon Utilities) offers called PeakSaver. The program is a win-win-win.
WE WIN because Horizon installs a brand-new, high-end thermostat (see right) in our home for free (yes we own it – I checked) with zero installation costs! In fact, for participating in the program, we [...]

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