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At home

Eco answers

November 20, 2008

How environmentally-damaging is your cycle ride to work? How long will it take a home wind turbine to pay for itself? The New Scientist knows.

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Home-made Christmas cards

November 19, 2008

Planning on making your own Christmas cards this year? This site of templates for making 3D pop-up greetings could be all the inspiration you need.

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The cost of solar power

September 7, 2008

Thinking about installing solar panels? Good on you. Just be wary of the fact that it could take 208 years for them to repay their initial cost.

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Intelliplug: review

September 4, 2008

IntelliplugIntelliplug is the simplest way to control all of your devices with just a single button… entirely passively. Put one in your socket and you should ever again see a standby light in your home.

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Bye Bye Standby: review

August 15, 2008

2008-byebye-standby-thumbnail.jpgAs energy prices rocket, anything that simplifies cutting down on waste is a boon. Bye Bye Standby does just that, by putting control of every plug in your home in the palm of your hand.

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Why self-sufficiency matters

August 4, 2008

As inflation takes a hold, there are better reasons than ever to move towards self-sufficiency.

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Self-sufficiency made easy

July 15, 2008

2008-washing-thumbnail.jpgSelf sufficiency doesn’t all have to be about growing your own vegetables, keeping chickens in the garden or screwing a solar panel to your roof. Sometimes it’s the smallest things that make the biggest difference.

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Energy consumption monitors

May 17, 2008

Energy monitorMy electricity supplier actually wants us to use less energy rather than more, with the help of a free energy monitor that tracks your usage and costs. Watching it change as you switch lights on and off is proving strangely addictive.

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Slimmer, trimmer home wind turbines

February 18, 2008

Wind turbines generate more controversy than electricity. While recent research suggests that some generate less power in the course of a year than it would take to illuminate a lightbulb, your decision to erect one in the garden can have neighbours up in arms. Hopefully things should get easier as more efficient, smaller and quieter models are rolled out.

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Can you save money while charging your phone?

January 22, 2008

We all know you should unplug your mobile the moment it’s finished charging, but if you plug it in when you go to bed and then undock it next morning as you head out to work, the chances are you’ll have left it trickling all through the night. So why not cut the current after [...]

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