By Robert Fryer on April 23, 2010
As the readers of this blog know, I am highly suspicious of the well meaning, yet misleading and short sighted green home and lifestyle tips peddled at other websites and in books. That’s why I write in the Lifestyle and Green Hacking parts of this site that you must target the big wins first and [...]
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By Robert Fryer on April 18, 2010
The following is an excerpt from a 2003 interview that was just released with David Foster Wallace. I made the transcript myself, but the interview can be found here, in ten parts. I include this as part of Smarter Context as a way to understand why we make the choices we do as a culture. [...]
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By Robert Fryer on April 7, 2010
NPR reports on the growing trend of Window Farming: Urban farmers use the Internet to exchange ideas for improving the window farms technology. It’s a process Riley calls “R&D-I-Y” or Research and Develop It Yourself. One window farmer figured out a way to silence the gurgling sounds these window farm systems make — and he [...]
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By Robert Fryer on April 7, 2010
Stomacher – Untitled/Dark Divider from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo. (Hat tip: Sullivan) Share on Facebook var button = document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_link_418′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_icon_418′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_both_418′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_button_418′); if (button) { button.onclick = function(e) { var url = this.href.replace(/share\.php/, ‘sharer.php’); window.open(url,’sharer’,'toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436′); return false; } if (button.id === ‘facebook_share_button_418′) { button.onmouseover = function(){ this.style.color=’#fff’; this.style.borderColor = ‘#295582′; this.style.backgroundColor = [...]
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By Robert Fryer on April 6, 2010
If you’ve automated your home as discussed in Step 1, you’re ready to optimize. Make it Automatic – Then Optimize Optimization is just fine tuning your settings. See how far you can turn down the heating temperature at night. Then see how far you can turn the heat down during the times you’re actually using [...]
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By Robert Fryer on April 1, 2010
As I wrote before, I don’t think “green tips” mean much without attaching them to goals. To achieve goals you need to be focused. And the best place to start is with the big wins. Big Wins and Lattes I like to use the analogy of personal finance. There are some personal finance experts that [...]
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By Robert Fryer on March 30, 2010
There are a TON of tips that a simple Google search will find. People are always asking me for tips, and saying it would be great if I could include even more tips here . . . and it drives me crazy. The reason it drives me crazy is that the tips are biased (and [...]
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By Robert Fryer on March 25, 2010
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By Robert Fryer on March 25, 2010
In the second teleseminar of our series on home efficiency, I spoke with Mike Cronomiz of Re:Vision Architects. Revision is an award winning firm that’s been involved in sustainable architecture well before most people heard of it. The firm watched as their clients went from needing to be educated about sustainability to seeking out and [...]
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By Robert Fryer on March 7, 2010
It sounds like the beginning of a piece of fiction: A man who changed the world once is a given the opportunity to make One Wish for the future . . . But, it’s a piece of non-fiction. Surprisingly, at least to me, he doesn’t choose the vaccines that his philanthropic foundation is know for. [...]
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