Chinese Drywall Lately I’ve been getting lots of questions about how to identify Chinese Drywall. Chinese drywall has been in the media quite a bit lately because of houses that are completely unliveable. How To Identify Chinese Drywall The first sign of Chinese Drywall is the smell of rotten eggs. If you think you’re house [...]

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Geothermal HVAC The other day I attended a seminar on renewable energy systems for residential and commercial buildings. One of the topics that interested me the most was Geothermal Heating and Cooling. Geothermal heating and cooling is a system that relies on the earth as a heat source and heat sink using heat pumps. Geothermal [...]

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OilGoneEasy Recently I was asked to try out OilGoneEasy – Oil Gone Easy Home and Driveway S-200. Oil Gone Easy Home and Driveway is an environmentally safe product used to remove oil and fuel stains from a number of surfaces including concrete, asphalt driveway, flag stone, brick, pavers, cobblestone and even soil. Oil Gone Easy [...]

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Recently I was asked to review a children’s book that encourages environmental awareness. Seeing that we have two small children I gladly accepted the request. I was especially interested in seeing how this children’s book could help our young ones understand the important of the environment around us. Legend of Honey Hollow The Legend of [...]

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Join me and go sign up for the PickensPlan Pledge and join T. Boone Pickens and other Americans to demand that an Energy Independence Plan be enacted within the first 100 days of the new administration. Regardless of your political party this is one of the most important issues facing our Country. So do your [...]

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Kitchen Remodeling & Granite Issues I’ve received lots of questions recently on this blog and my home improvement blog about whether granite countertops emit radon gas. First of all let me say that I’m by no means an expert and my opinion is just that, an opinion. So you’ve finally pulled the trigger on a [...]

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The production of Portland Cement, the key ingredient in concrete accounts for nearly 5% of the worlds CO2 emissions. Cement is produced by heating limestone to over 1450 degrees Celsius. China, India and the United States produce over 900 million metric tons of cement each year with a total world production approaching 2000 million metric [...]

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