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Choosing an Air Conditioner
How to choose between room air conditioners, central air conditioners, and heat pumps
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Chilling Out With Air Conditioners
A look at the fascinating history and operation of refrigerant-cycle air conditioners
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Keeping Cool
Simple strategies to keep cool without the use of mechanical air conditioning
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Lawn Mowing Season
My quest for a greener lawn mowing option
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Test Driving the New Brattleboro Food Co-op Building
Blower-door testing of the nearly complete Brattleboro Food Co-op building shows it to be remarkably tight
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Genuine Progress Indicators
Vermont has become the first state to formally embrace a ‘genuine progress indicator’ as a metric of well-being
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More Energy-Saving Products from the AIA Convention
An innovative ceiling fan, a phase-change floor panel, and a new LED lighting product
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Cool Window and Glazing Products from the AIA Convention
Manufacturers showed off some highly innovative products at the recent convention in Washington, DC
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Getting Around Without Fossil Fuels
While challenging, it is possible to meet our transportation needs while reducing our dependence on fossil fuels
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Getting Off Fossil Fuels
Eliminating our use of fossil fuels is an admirable goal; how do we do that?