Are you still holding out on changing out those incandescent light bulbs for CFL’s? Even though Dominion Power is offering to pay for a hefty portion of 9 of them? The Home Energy Checkup offered by Dominion Power gives rebates (yes, that means cash in the form of a check) for doing things that will save you substantial cash on your energy bills like changing out your old energy guzzlers for the much leaner, greener CFL’s. Even with these great [...]
Read MoreI do a lot of energy audits on houses. Sometimes I lug in a ton of high tech measuring equipment to measure leakages and air flow, sniff gas lines, use a thermal imaging camera, all in the name of energy efficiency and comfort. So when we showed up for an audit earlier this week at a place of business in Mathews, I knew things would go a little differently than usual. I had no idea what I was in for. [...]
Read MoreI ran across an interesting story recently out of a town in England called Lewes (pronounced like Lewis). The town was frustrated with the larger chain stores coming in and running the smaller local stores out of business. To solve the problem of the dwindling number of small shop, the town enacted their own currency. This currency, the Lewes pound, was to be used only in local shops that had decided to participate in the program. They started with around [...]
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