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[3 Jun 2008 | 3 Comments | ]
Green Eco Friendly Household Lighting – Compact Fluoresent Light Bulbs

Compact Fluorescent Bulbs – Eco-friendly and Energy Saving Hosehold Lighting
Electric lighting burns somewhere between 20% and 30% of the energy used in the average household. A great deal of the energy used to light incandescent bulbs is actually turned into heat, rather than light. Fluorescent lighting is far more efficient, and most of the energy used to power fluorescents is actually turned into light, rather than heat.
What Are Compact Fluorescents?
Compact fluorescents, or CFLs for short, are nothing more than miniature fluorescent bulbs designed to screw directly into any …

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[30 May 2008 | No Comment | ]
Rain barrels For Your Garden – Collecting, Harvesting and Storing Rain Water

What is a Rain Barrel?
A rain barrel (a water butt in the UK) is a large barrel used in the collection of rain water as well as rain storage for future use. A rain barrel is an excellent way of water conservation. Rain barrels are typically installed below the downspout of eaves troughs from rooftops via rain gutters. Rain barrels are devices for collecting rain, as well as maintaining harvested rain and rain storage.
Rain barrels are used in the collecting soft rain water for home use, …

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