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is any deaf person plan to go green this year and save money on light bils gas bills etc? so let us all know if we really do care to save the world and save money at same time ok
 
Yes, I am pretty excited my plan this year. It seems hard for me to get started because green house is a double price than a traditional house.

My sister and I want some skylights, aluminum roof, maybe geothermal, some big windows, good trees for energy saver, a small windpower, solar panels, recycled house supplies, etc. I cannot think of what else.

I read about iForm walls (Styrofoam with concrete fill inside the walls). I discovered that it is a bad idea because we do not want to breathe the Styrofoam inside the house. It is also bad for ozone. Some companies said to some customers that it is safe. It is a big lie. They did not want to say the word - Styrofoam. This is not really green because of health reason.

So far, I found a company that sells cement blocks, and I think it is the best one: (Durisol Company) durisolbuild.com . Or, the second choice would be a timber frame house (Not quite like a cabin. It's more modern style.)

My other sister has a heat flooring in her kitchen for 12 years. Now, there is a water leak. She is stuck now and has to hire someone to replace the entire title floors and the water hose. It is probably not worth for anyone to have a heating floor. The real title floor for kitchen is always cold. I don't know what kind of material that I could use for the kitchen floor - wood floor, cork floor, etc??

Here are some links that you might be interested look at these website for your "green" house:

Building:
http://www.durisolbuild.com
(or)
a traditional and modern house with made of timber.

Insulations:
http://www.icynene.com
http://www.bondedlogic.com

Roof:
http://www.jameshardie.com/media/prodhome/hardishingle.php
http://www.davinciroofscapes.com (unsure - too expensive)
http://www.mcelroymetal.com/content/gallery/showcategory.cfm?categoryId=10 (general idea for aluminum roof)

Boiler:
http://www.buderus.net
http://www.seisco.com/index.html
http://www.bockwaterheaters.com
(consider to use the electricity water heater instead of oil)

Oil tank:
http://www.roth-usa.com/usa/Pfueltank-c.html

Geothermal:
http://www.geothermal-heat-pump-resource.org
(It looks good to me.)

Plumbing pipes:
http://www.nventsolutions.com/content/permalynxjoining.htm
(very interesting. It might save your money without hiring a professional plumber.)

Radiator:
http://www.runtalnorthamerica.com

Light:
http://www.advancedlighting.com/intergration_clearfuse.html
(Save your light electricity - something new to me...)


What else do you have ideas or suggestions for us? Are these links sound good to you?
 
There was an article in People's magazine about a couple going completely green.There were some great ideas...
 
My other sister has a heat flooring in her kitchen for 12 years. Now, there is a water leak. She is stuck now and has to hire someone to replace the entire title floors and the water hose. It is probably not worth for anyone to have a heating floor. The real title floor for kitchen is always cold. I don't know what kind of material that I could use for the kitchen floor - wood floor, cork floor, etc??
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Cheapest solution, wear some slippers (house shoes). Cold floors don't bother me, I walk barefoot on them all the time.
 
We would like a green house in the future if we got money for that. I would love that!

We recycle as much as possible and try to save electricity by turning off the lights where the rooms are vacant and don't use lights in the day time unless the room is dark like bathroom, etc.
 
sequoias said:
We would like a green house in the future if we got money for that. I would love that!

We recycle as much as possible and try to save electricity by turning off the lights where the rooms are vacant and don't use lights in the day time unless the room is dark like bathroom, etc.
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well i do recycle too i am saving money buying good cfl light bulbs so it sure can save on electric bills also you can find energy star tv and dvd to save on electric bills too ok
 
superdeaf57 said:
well i do recycle too i am saving money buying good cfl light bulbs so it sure can save on electric bills also you can find energy star tv and dvd to save on electric bills too ok
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i bought some CFL bulbs.. but keep in mind CFL bulbs contains murcery(sp?)

i have engery star ---water heater,A/C,furance, refrig, stove, washer, dryer, dishwasher, dvd, computer.. pretty much everything cuz most of things here are new
 
sequoias said:
We would like a green house in the future if we got money for that. I would love that!

We recycle as much as possible and try to save electricity by turning off the lights where the rooms are vacant and don't use lights in the day time unless the room is dark like bathroom, etc.
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That's good idea.


I had a neighbor who was 80 years old. She always used her flashlight to walk around the house at night so that she saved her electricity bills. She had been do that for 10 years. Her house was totally dark. What a creep she is. She fell down twice, and she is now at a nursing home.

This year, I realize that my uncle is 75 years old, and he uses his flashlight... Oh boy, are the elders doing the same thing like a copycat?
 
DeafSCUBA98 said:
i bought some CFL bulbs.. but keep in mind CFL bulbs contains murcery(sp?)

i have engery star ---water heater,A/C,furance, refrig, stove, washer, dryer, dishwasher, dvd, computer.. pretty much everything cuz most of things here are new
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That's great saver!

I am surprised to read your statement about CFL bulbs that contain mercury. I cannot believe it. Is there a bulb without mercury on the market?

(I thought that it is only for old or traditional fluorescent that has mercury.)
 
webexplorer said:
That's great saver!

I am surprised to read your statement about CFL bulbs that contain mercury. I cannot believe it. Is there a bulb without mercury on the market?

(I thought that it is only for old or traditional fluorescent that has mercury.)
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Yes CFL contain mercury and EPA estimates this amount to be 4-5 milligrams (mg) in a typical CFL.

A spill of this amount of mercury is not likely to present any excess risk to you or your family

So basically just handle with care to clean up any broken CFL and you or your family will be fine.


Here an c/p from another website about CFL mercury if broken

A CFL containing 5 mg of mercury breaks in your child’s bedroom that has a volume of about 25 m3 (which corresponds to a medium sized bedroom). The entire 5 mg of mercury vaporizes immediately (an unlikely occurrence), resulting in an airborne mercury concentration in this room of 0.2 mg/m3. This concentration will decrease with time, as air in the room leaves and is replaced by air from outside or from a different room. As a result, concentrations of mercury in the room will likely approach zero after about an hour or so.

Under these relatively conservative assumptions, this level and duration of mercury exposure is not likely to be dangerous, as it is lower than the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard of 0.05 mg/m3 of metallic mercury vapor averaged over eight hours. [To equate these values, we could estimate the average indoor airborne mercury concentration for 8 hours, beginning post-spill at an estimated starting value of 0.2 mg/m3 and decreasing from there. If one assumes the the air exchanges completely in one hour (a fairly standard assumption), then the 8-hour average concentration would be 0.025 mg/m3.]


So broken CFL risk is lower than OSHA requirement and is very safe in your homes and how often you think you will break a CFL lamp? Everyday? Once a month? Once a year? or Once in your whole lifetime or Never will break a CFL in your home?
 
webexplorer said:
That's great saver!

I am surprised to read your statement about CFL bulbs that contain mercury. I cannot believe it. Is there a bulb without mercury on the market?

(I thought that it is only for old or traditional fluorescent that has mercury.)
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or you can buy led bulbs so try that one ok it can save you money too
 
Bear in mind that CFL light bulbs may not be dimmable but there are some bulbs that are dimmable in the market, but may not be dimmable completly as an incandescent light bulb.

For now, incandescent light bulbs are typically used for home theater rooms that require dimming, like when watching a movie in a dark room.

So if you have dimmers, like from a home automation system such as Insteon, X10, etc., stick with incandescent light bulbs.

For me, I wouldn't be able to go green, yet, because I have lamp modules that are dimmable.
 
GraysonPeddie said:
...For me, I wouldn't be able to go green, yet, because I have lamp modules that are dimmable.
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Same here. I have several lights on dimmers, and some on timers, touch sensors, light sensors, and motion sensors. I have fluorescent bulbs only in my kitchen and home office.
 
I like dimmer lights, and you are probably right that it also saves some electricity.

I have a stand light (circle CFL bulb), and the color of light is a little yellow. This color makes me feel comfortable and relax. I personally don't like bright white, and I use it for reading my books. I do not have a big window.

I realize that some of my lights have a transformer. The black box (transformer) continues producing the electricity for 24 hours a day. I'm stuck now because the lamps looks nice. Next time, I must not buy a lamp that comes with the black transformer. My lamp has a hidden transformer at the bottom. The label that says it is made in China. Grrr.
 
Yeah. For home theater in my bedroom (apartment), I use an Insteon ControLinc for dimming two torchiere floor lamps. For example, I programmed each of the five buttons (groups) that correspond to different scenes. For example, if I really wanted a light to be fully bright, I just program the lamp modules to turn on at 100% with a ramp rate (from 0 to 100%) for about 5 minutes. For watching TV shows/movies, the lights are set to 16% with a ramp rate at 1 minute and 30 seconds; for intermission (like pausing a movie and getting something to drink), I have the lights set to 67.5% with a rate at 1 minute, and so on and so forth. Because of the 9-second limitation in my ControLinc, this programming is with the use of Group Commander II, which uses the PowerLinc Controller (a computer interface with a built-in timer) for communication with the Insteon network.

I know my post is not the topic of "are you going green," but my point in my post is to give you an example of how I'd only use incandescent light bulbs.
 
Why not build house made of cardboard and power it w/ 12v or 24v source from car (recharges battery while you drive to work and back home). Using 12vdc to 120vAC inverter and plug it into the house power input. Use solar energy to heat or cool home and have hot water, ect... Sound very green and economical

It be really nice if one can run the house w/ pepentual energy source like Motor/Generator (Motor provide power to turn generator but Generator in return provide power to motor plus split it for free electricity power for other source) which doesn't need coal, gas, solar, ect to power them. Nikola Telsa and other inventors did invented pepentual power source but was confisicated by Gvt, bought out & hushed by Oil co. Not only those, some decided not to implement it because they were greedy w/ invention and died with it. If we had those now, we would not have to worry polluting world and won't be needing to pay energy bills at all.

Some people think it's impossible to make it run on it's own. Actually, in Japan, an inventor DID got it working and it's a Motor/Generator. He configured it correctly that it runs on it's own and provide plentiful power source. He tried to sell it but the Mobster threatened him w/ death so he couldn't sell anything. BUT he managed to snuck 2 of invention to one of Free Energy author here in USA. They were sad because Mobster caught them and cut off the youngest man's little finger and let them go. Author have examined the invention and said it was amazing but kept it for future development.

I wish I could own that to power my house LOL.
Catty
 
purplecatty said:
Why not build house made of cardboard and power it w/ 12v or 24v source from car (recharges battery while you drive to work and back home). Using 12vdc to 120vAC inverter and plug it into the house power input. Use solar energy to heat or cool home and have hot water, ect... Sound very green and economical

It be really nice if one can run the house w/ pepentual energy source like Motor/Generator (Motor provide power to turn generator but Generator in return provide power to motor plus split it for free electricity power for other source) which doesn't need coal, gas, solar, ect to power them. Nikola Telsa and other inventors did invented pepentual power source but was confisicated by Gvt, bought out & hushed by Oil co. Not only those, some decided not to implement it because they were greedy w/ invention and died with it. If we had those now, we would not have to worry polluting world and won't be needing to pay energy bills at all.

Some people think it's impossible to make it run on it's own. Actually, in Japan, an inventor DID got it working and it's a Motor/Generator. He configured it correctly that it runs on it's own and provide plentiful power source. He tried to sell it but the Mobster threatened him w/ death so he couldn't sell anything. BUT he managed to snuck 2 of invention to one of Free Energy author here in USA. They were sad because Mobster caught them and cut off the youngest man's little finger and let them go. Author have examined the invention and said it was amazing but kept it for future development.

I wish I could own that to power my house LOL.
Catty
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That's so dumb. That is a sad story. The Mobster doesn't care about the Earth's health. They will be real story if their children have a lung problem from the air pollution.

I like Nikola Telsa and a free energy website. It is a good thing that no one is threating to the Telsa Company so far. It is awful expensive for most people who cannot afford to buy a Telsa car for 60,000 or 100,000 dollars. I think I should buy a hybrid truck instead.

I had some papers to sign up to get a free electricity motor for my house. But, the contract stated that I cannot own it. The company has the right to own it. It cost 1,000 dollars to buy one. It was not worth it.
 
webexplorer said:
That's so dumb. That is a sad story. The Mobster doesn't care about the Earth's health. They will be real story if their children have a lung problem from the air pollution.

I like Nikola Telsa and a free energy website. It is a good thing that no one is threating to the Telsa Company so far. It is awful expensive for most people who cannot afford to buy a Telsa car for 60,000 or 100,000 dollars. I think I should buy a hybrid truck instead.

I had some papers to sign up to get a free electricity motor for my house. But, the contract stated that I cannot own it. The company has the right to own it. It cost 1,000 dollars to buy one. It was not worth it.
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AS for Telsa Company. It's just another company that use Nikola's name. I've heard that but don't bother with it.

What's the paper you to sign up to get free electricity. I believe it's just a fraud. Currently, there are lot of fraud. I've read the article about a guy who tried to sell free energy generator to homeowner. About 2 homeowner bought it and realized it's a joke. They got very pissed and sued the guy. Court ordered guy to pay back the homeowner. Luckily he didn't disappeared. The Author of Free Energy, J Naudin who own website who had article about that guy. He warned everyone not to believe that guy. He have seen this before. He said there is a battery hidden in the devices that fools people. It's just an inverter powered w/ battery and using enclosure to hide it (he called that "black box"). Once battery died out, homeowner assumed it was malfunctioning and contact the guy to fix it.

He explained that Free Energy should be a device that runs on it's own without any source but provide electricity for free. Only few inventions confirms that. One is Muller's Motor (Motor/Generator). It is complicated to fabricate one. It doesn't provide pure 60hz 120 v power. It's a high fequency generator that will lights many light bulbs but will not run any appliance. It require high voltage rectifier to become DC volt then use resistor to reduce voltage to either 24v or 12v to power Inverter (12 or 24dc to 120v AC) to operate any appliance. Every appliance you see around the house like TV, Microwave, Dishwasher, Computers. Digital Clocks ect operates on 60 hz fequency. Other countries use 50hz. More or less will either damage it or won't operate. Muller's Motor isn't for sale but they provide lot of details how to build one. Mr. Muller died 3 or 4 years ago, His daughter carried on his invention. It's been patiented. IT's all Neodynuim magnets in one of wheel (in even number) and the sationary (non movable) board wired w/ spools of copper wires in odd number. If you get it built correctly, you should be able to spin it with little resistance. 1/2 of spools on sationary board connects to D/C motor that responsible to spin the magnets and other 1/2 of spools use for free energy output. He confirmed that he got 400v out of it while it is spinning. IT took him long time to get it working correctly. he spent alot of money on experiment. If you have Lathe, machine tools, and money to spend, You'll probably get it working if you follow exactly what he built. Plan for it is free.. Important thing is that read it carefully. I have no confirmation that it'll work if you build it.

J Naudin said that every free energy inventions on website should be free. If you ever happen to come across one website that require you to pay $15, $30 or whatever to puchase plan. Do not fall for it. it's FAKE!! The guy on website stole inventions from others and use it to make money. I downloaded SAME plans for free throught P2P website Hee hee HAA HAA (cracking hand). Someone who uploaded P2P must have bought suckers plans and got angry cuz he can't get refund and decide to revenge it by posting it on P2P LOL. I read it and it's a complicated plan that look like you can't get it working and must ask the owner how it exactly work. Those are SAME inventions that I can find it anywhere in website.

CAtty
 
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