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See Rain Dog Designs on PSE

See our friend at Rain Dog Design work their magic on PSE: Saving The Ocean River of Kings, Part 2 #107 Sunday, February 24, 05:30 pm on KCTS 9 HD Seattle/Yakima Duration: 0:26:46 Description: In the second part of this

Great Discussion about Sustainable Design in SnoHo

Come for this Great Discussion: Join SnoLEAF and Snohomish County PUD for an inspirational and exciting technical presentation by Tom Marseille. Tom’s work focuses on sustainable design consulting, HVAC design, net zero energy design and analysis, system modeling, total cost

Another happy one

I had contacted Puget Sound Energy to find a company to insulate my crawl space and wrap my water pipes. PSE gave me Revolution Green Power’s telephone number. I contacted them, and from the initial phone call to the completed

Where can I purchase green furniture for my sons, especially a bed?

We will be moving into our first home. With two boys (4 years and 19 months old), we are so much more sensitive to living “green.” I want to buy the older boy new furniture, especially a bed, and would

A good referral is always a good thing!

Thank you and I have told my friends to call PSE and look at your company for similar tests! We have purchased a new fridge, very energy efficient and Al is looking at providing us a water heater too. Along

What’s the best temperature to set my hot water baseboard heating to when I leave the house?

With hot water baseboard heating, is it better to keep the heat at 60+ degrees when you leave the house so it doesn’t take as much energy to heat the house up to 65+ degrees? What we have been doing

Green energy alone won’t save the earth – social change is also needed

The most popular techno-fix for global warming is green energy. If energy companies would only deploy wind, hydro, solar, geothermal or nuclear, then emission-intensive fossil fuels will eventually disappear. But will that actually work? A new study by Richard York

Are there lenders and appraisers who focus on green homes?

I recently had solar panels installed on our California home to boost the value to refinance. We got an appraisal from Wells Fargo, but the appraiser had no experience with solar panels, so the value was ridiculously low. Therefore, we

They said ventilation in attics is a thing of the past

If these insulation companies are suggesting spraying foam over the bottom of the roof and rafters, then they are correct. Once the underside of your roof is covered with spray foam, it becomes a part of the inside of your

13-Year-Old Makes Solar Power Breakthrough

While most 13-year-olds spend their free time playing video games or cruising Facebook, one 7th grader was trekking through the woods uncovering a mystery of science. After studying how trees branch in a very specific way, Aidan Dwyer created a

How should I add insulation to my 87 year old house?

My house has no insulation. It is brick on the first floor and wood on the second floor. The inside walls are lathe with expanded metal and cement plaster on top Hi Maria, That is a great question with a

An Ahh-Haa Moment: Our April Green Biz Interview with Clean Conscience

For Corie and Jerry Thornton, being green is a holistic pursuit. With their reusable bags designed to help you avoid disposables when you go shopping, they’ve also created a business that uses recycled materials for its made-in-the-USA manufacturing. “We are