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Welcome to the "Be Green" area of our site. Here you will learn how to be more environmentally friendly and save money in every area of your life. The Be Green area is divided into sections, each containing multiple articles explaining how to be more efficient, energy, pollution and money wise.
Photovoltaics (PV) in Buildings And Homes - An Overview
Posted on Sep 03, 2008 - 11:19 AM
By: Jayanth Krishnappa
A solar cell or a photovoltaic cell made of a semiconductor material, typically silicon, converts the sun’s radiation into usable electrical energy. Multiple cells are connected electrically to…
Cool Weather Energy Basics
Posted on Aug 26, 2008 - 04:27 PM
By: Rita McConnell
In some parts of the country, it may seem like summer just arrived. But it’s back to school time, and before we know it, the winter chill will be upon us.
Now’s…
Green Gardening: Save Time, Money and the Environment
Posted on Aug 13, 2008 - 09:01 AM
By: Guest Writer
(ARA) - Everyone wants a beautiful landscape but most people feel they lack the time and expertise to cultivate the results they want. With a few simple eco-friendly changes in your fall landscape…
Green Vegetative Walls
Posted on Aug 11, 2008 - 04:58 PM
By: Adam Beazley
Green walls are a great choice for home owners and anyone that has a property that needs sprucing up or a degree of privacy. There is work involved with establishing a vegetative wall, but…
Illuminating the Future of Kitchen Lighting: Energy Efficiency
Posted on Aug 04, 2008 - 08:42 PM
By: Guest Writer
(ARA) - It doesn’t matter if you live in a home with a modern kitchen that has all the fancy upgrades, or one that just has a single overhead light in the center of the room. If you’re…
Three Exemplary Organizations Propagating Ecotourism Standards
Posted on Jun 10, 2008 - 10:00 AM
By: Guest Writer
Whether you’re a tourist or a worker in the tourism industry, your decisions may have more of an impact than you think on the environment. Recently, an international seminar in the U.K.…
10 steps to Energy Efficiency at Home
Posted on May 22, 2008 - 10:21 PM
By: Adam Beazley
Most people simply do not realize how effective energy efficiency is in the fight against global warming and rising energy cost. More can be done for the environment by simply increasing the efficiency…
Green Goes on Vacation
Posted on May 01, 2008 - 09:21 AM
By: Rita McConnell
What does vacationing mean for those out there with a green conscience?
Unfortunately for travel lovers, the ultimate in green vacations may simply be to stay home this year. Little…
Some Easy (and Cheap) Ways to Green Your Home This Spring and Summer
Posted on Apr 06, 2008 - 10:33 PM
By: Rita McConnell
Greener living. In times like these, no matter how much we think we care about the Earth, our eco-consciousness can be trumped by our wallet-consciousness.
But greening your life…
Geothermal Exchange: Ground Source Heating And Cooling
Posted on Mar 07, 2008 - 11:55 PM
By: Adam Beazley
Geothermal ground-source heating and cooling, technically known as geothermal exchange, is the process of harnessing the earth’s constant underground temperature to heat and cool a structure.…
