Tag Archive: Conservation

Going Green part 4: Saving Water

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I wrote about saving water a while ago and it’s now up for a review. Now the City of Minneapolis has online billing and historical usage data available. Anyone can go to their website and plug in an address and look up the water usage. They measure water usage in Units of water, where 1…

Going Green Part 3: Saving Electricity

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There are some easy ways to save electricity and some not so easy ways. Let’s start with the easy ways first. The easiest (and cheapest) way  to save electricity is to unplug everything that you are not using at that moment. Many devices stay in “stand by” mode ready to be turned on (kind of like…

Going Green Part 2: Saving natural gas

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Here is part 2 of the basics of saving energy: Saving Natural Gas. Here in Minnesota, we use natural gas for heating our homes, as well as hot water. What are some tips to reduce our natural gas usage? The obvious is to turn down the heat. Everyone always says to turn down the heat…

Going Green Part 1: Energy Audit

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What is a home energy audit? An energy audit is a way of evaluating a home’s energy performance. It pinpoints where energy is being used, and where it is being wasted. This report can help you increase your energy efficiencies by showing where you can improve your home, and how you can lower your utility…

7 ways to save energy

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Everybody has heard the same tried and true methods of saving energy such as turn down the furnace, turn down the a/c, switch to CF bulbs But there are other unique ways to save energy. It all starts with seeing what the largest energy consumers in your house are. In order of greatest use, they are: furnace, a/c,…

A Short Commute

The Star Tribune just published an article on having a shorter commute. Here’s a link. I’m in agreement on living in the city. I currently live in a great neighborhood of South Minneapolis with great neighbors, a wonderful character-filled house, and lots of closeby amenities. We can walk to two different parks within 3 blocks,…

10 Ways to Save Gas

With gas prices here in Minneapolis approaching $4.00 per gallon, we all are thinking of ways to save gas. Whether it is buying a hybrid car, or just driving less, saving gas is not only helping the planet, but also our pocketbooks. In real estate, we drive between many houses whether it is with buyers…

Water, water everywhere

Did you know that the average American person uses about 90 gallons of water per day?! For a family of four, that amounts to more than 125,000 gallons per year!! Water is a precious resource and we should be conscious about how much we use. So, what can we do to help reduce our water…

Pure Water

Our family decided that we wanted to have purified water to drink and cook with in our house. I am not saying that the water from the tap is bad; it’s just that we wanted certain things filtered out of the water that is put in by the water department. The latest Minneapolis Water Works…

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