I recently read that you can save more money by making every-day payments in cash rather than credit. This way, you can physically see your money leaving your pocket rather than paying with “imaginary” dollars on a card. We have trouble understanding what isn’t measured out in front of us. This is equally true in [...]

Recently, a commenter requested advice on making window doors more efficient. Susan Meredith, co-founder of Go Green Squads, actually wrote a section in her book (Beyond Light Bulbs: Lighting the Way to Smarter Energy Management) about what qualities windows and doors should have to be more efficient. According to Meredith, the main considerations with windows [...]

Switching from incandescent to fluorescent light bulbs can save the environment about 30% on energy emissions and you up to $30 per bulb on your bills. Unfortunately, they can also make certain homes look like freshly sterilized oral surgeon’s offices. So, you want to be energy efficient, but don’t want leave your house guests fearfully scanning the [...]

At 95° F, you step into the gleaming sunlight, your hair feels like a wad of R-500 insulation, and you think, “Austin is a bit cooler today than normal.” The Texas sun is powerful. So powerful, in fact, that the state has the most solar energy potential in the nation. You would think we would [...]