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Tonight (Monday, July 20th) at 6:00, I'm scheduled to be a guest on the KZUM radio show Earth2Lincoln. I told host, Eva Sohl, that I could talk about a variety of things related to improving home energy efficiency. Here are some of the links where you can get more information on the topics we're going to discuss:
For info on tax credits for home energy improvements, from the Nebraska Energy Office… Continue

Of course your mother taught you to wash your hands after using the toilet, but it probably never occurred to her that you could use the toilet to wash your hands. Well, that's not the case with the people at Sinkpositive, they've come up with the toilet that is a sink! Actually it's kind of clever. You can use the greywater from hand washing to flush away the ... um ... stuff in the toilet. It saves water and its totally hygienic, in spite of the wa… Continue

I dream of going green ... or at least more green. I fantasize about solar supported radiant heat systems combined with zoned smart home features in a tight super insulated house. But for now I live in a little old house with its original windows and a big dog… Continue

A new time, a new opportunity! Over the past year a great deal has changed and the changes have only just begun. There are a lot of ideas about stimulating the economy and addressing climate change. Wind farms, electric vehicles ... big changes. But a lot of little changes can add up to a pretty big change too. Retrofits and improvements to the existing building stock can create jobs and save energy. Lincoln's Cecil Steward, President of the Josylyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Communities h… Continue