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(Actively-changing projects are linked to the main page)
Service projects
At one point showed life
Classic Building Improvement
- Sealing
- Insulation
- Efficient Heating
- Hot Water
- Solar
- Air conditioning?
Tried and true (document)
- put things on power strips you can easily turn off
- put a lamp cord switch into the cord for a pesky appliance (e.g. boombox; batteries may preserve settings)
- install a mechanical timer on your bathroom fan so you don't leave it running
- use X-10 home automation to turn (e.g. networking) equipment on only when you need it
- install a programmable timer to automatically save energy when various systems aren't needed
- create a shower stall by putting a clear curtain "roof" on your tub + curtain with high ceiling (see shower analysis below)
- attach a mechanical timer to a periodic use item like a microwave
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On the cusp
Perhaps promising
- Hack a Kill-a-Watt - awesome!
- install a time of day thermostat on your water heater
- In warmer months, Soren discovered his pilot light provided enough heat for a daily shower
- Steve G. suggests that reducing heat loss through the flue increases the pilot's effectiveness
- With 60 degree ambient temperatures, Soren has started experimenting more
- It takes four minutes to bring the tank to "lukewarm" just before a shower
- It takes 16 minutes to bring it up to the same point just after a shower
- ~24 hours of pilot light after "lukewarm," the water was noticeably warmer
- HES post about the water heater
- build a power strip with a built-in mechanical timer for charging
- low-power Solar-Powered PC
- Cooler Meter
- Simple Solar Oven / Fast Solar Cooker (pnorth says she'll buy one)
- Solar Bike Light Charger
- Vampire Replacement
- Wheel Generator (http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen.html#FAQ mentions 5% diode loss in rectification AC->DC)
- get a sink in your kitchen that drains to the yard for watering plants with "greywater"
Tools / Project Components
Inspiring
- Remaking America edition has wireless Kill-a-Watt, etc
- Wind Powered Generator
- okay, I swear there was a perfect windmill from junk (workshop?) on makerfaire.com, but when I clicked, another picture loaded and I can'd find it
Sources of The Classics
For a former day
Projects
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