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26 Apr 10

It’s time to consider green flooring options

Click photo to watch video Are you considering upgrading flooring materials in your K-W home? If being eco-friendly is important to you you ought to look closely at “green flooring”. Flooring is thought to be “green” when it is manufactured from easily sourced and renewable materials. Generally flooring made of petroleum-based materials is not considered [...]

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14 Apr 10

New Solar Shingles – Do They Work?

Click photo to watch video These solar shingles from Dow could be showing up on Kitchener-Waterloo roofs some time soon. They are about the size of a normal asphalt shingle, and can be installed like asphalt shingles too – with just a hammer and nails. The cost is still prohibitive – about $25k for a [...]

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11 Apr 10

Here’s how to reduce K-W cost to be cool

The Gadget Inspectors take a look at Dyson bladeless fanClick photo to watch video In Kitchener-Waterloo’s changeable climate, there are several ways to conserve energy use and reduce cooling costs. One of the easiest methods is to use fans as greener surrogates or complements for air conditioners. With the right style of fan and cooperative [...]

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8 Apr 10

Cooler Cooking Tips

Click photo to watch video The toasty kitchen that seemed so inviting when winter frosted the windows can quickly become a blast furnace in Waterloo Region’s summer. The good news is that many of the methods of keeping a kitchen cool in warm weather are also energy savers that benefit the environment too. Sometimes you [...]

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24 Mar 10

New Ideas for Green Kitchens

Click photo to watch video One of the areas in your KW home that uses the most energy is your kitchen. So a lot of research and development has gone into finding new materials and building more energy-efficient appliances to cut energy consumption. If you’re considering remodeling your kitchen (and who isn’t), you will be [...]

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10 Feb 10

Designing an Eco-Friendly Kitchen

Click photo to watch video If you’re considering remodeling your kitchen (and who isn’t), you will be interested in these eco-friendly ideas for new kitchens. This video touches on: – Saving water with reduced-flow faucets and dishwashers that use only 50% of the water used by normal dishwashers. – Energy efficient ovens and stoves. – [...]

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5 Feb 10

Making Your Own Green Household Cleaners

Do you wish you could pitch all those harsh commercial cleaning products and use something “greener”? Here is a video explaining how you can make your own cleaners out of ordinary things found in just about every K-W home. Making Your Own Green Household Cleaners Recent studies have compared the incidence of asthma in homes [...]

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1 Feb 10

Your Kids Will Love Their Own Garden

The days in K-W are getting longer and before we know it we’ll be itching to get outside and dig in the earth. Why not plan to plant vegetables and well as flowers this spring? The exercise will do you good, and the harvest of your own organic produce will give you a great sense [...]

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22 Jan 10

Wind Power for Your Waterloo Home – Is it Feasible?

Just about everyone has heard of the usual non-conventional ways of creating electricity for our homes – solar, wind, thermal, biodeisel – but are any of these really viable for use in Waterloo? Take wind power, for example. The theory is that wind power is a very attractive alternative. It is free and plentiful. But [...]

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16 Jun 09

Green Ideas for A Great Lawn

We spend lots of time, energy and money making our lawns beautiful and user-friendly. Our climate and soil conditions in the Kitchener-Waterloo area are excellent for beautiful green lawns. Here are some tips for making them environmentally friendly as well. 1. Mulch Your Grass Clippings when possible – Grass clippings contain valuable nutrients taken right [...]

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