What an incredible idea. A window that darkens by itself so it cools the interior while at the same time generates electricity. The website seems to indicate that there is also an aesthetic appeal to the coloring.








The website is here http://www.peerplus.nl/default/index/smart-energy-glass
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Wood and Pellet Heating
Before the 20th century, 90% of Americans burned wood to heat their homes. As fossil fuel use rose, the percentage of Americans using wood for fuel dropped, falling as low as one percent by 1970. Then during the energy crises of the 1970s, interest in wood heating resurfaced as a renewable energy alternative.

Newer on the scene are pellet fuel appliances, which burn small pellets that look like rabbit feed and measure 3/8 to 1 inch in length. Pellets are mad… Continue

Verengo is one of a select group of premier distributors with access to the most efficient solar panels on the market. And when you prepare your home for solar panel installation, be sure to consider this checklist:

• Update your windows. If you don't have energy windows put in yet, be sure that they're in before solar panel installation.


• Make sure your doors are sealed. Warm or cool air escaping your home lowers the efficiency of your solar panels.


• Change your

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A friend invited me to join a Facebook group called the Carbon Conscious Consumer (C3) Campaign. The group has a simple agenda: To promote "6 easy steps that anyone can take to reduce our carbon emissions."



Many people scoff at such lists of "easy" ways to save the planet. Thomas Friedman, for example, worries in his book "Hot, Flat, and Crowded," that the "amount of time, energy, and ver… Continue