 Stories About: advice AND Ask Umbra AND green living AND renewable energy
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Pay for the Rays
On solar funding |
Umbra Fisk |
20 Jun 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I have been looking high and low regarding ongoing tax credits and incentives for solar installations on private residences. I may be looking for something that doesn't even exist, but the rumors certainly do. Is there some website I can confer with to see if there really is such a thing? I have already received the initial installation credit, but, as I said, I have heard of new tax laws regarding ongoing, slowly decreasing ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, green living, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Yes, More Solar
On passive solar |
Umbra Fisk |
18 Jun 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Not to belabor the home heating series, I'm considering installing a masonry stove. I've read that they're quite efficient, though costly to build. What's your take in relation to the other options you've discussed? What about other alternative heating methods like passive solar heating and radiant floor heating? John Logan, Utah P.S. I'm glad you mentioned insulation and glazing. We've been remodeling and recently upgraded ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, green living, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics) |
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Wash and Learn
On washing your car |
Umbra Fisk |
21 Aug 2006 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, What can I do about washing my car in a more eco-friendly way? Is phosphate-free soap enough, or should I just suck it up and go to the drive-through car wash every time? Katie North Carolina Dearest Katie, You are one of those fastidious people I see busily washing their cars on Saturdays. I always wonder why some people are driven to go to such lengths, while others consider washing their cars somewhere below replacing t ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, green living, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Hot Hot Heat
On waiting for warm water |
Umbra Fisk |
07 Nov 2005 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, You know how, when you turn on the hot water in an old building, it usually takes a while for it to kick in? Well, my question is, if I turn on the tap full blast, will the hot water come sooner? Is it the amount of water you let run, or the amount of time you leave the tap running? I've talked to my landlord, but in the meantime, can I save water by letting it run slowly? Sincerely, (No) Hot (water) and bothered Deare ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Green U.
On student activism |
Umbra Fisk |
16 Jan 2003 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I may be asking the wrong person, but I hope you can help out. I am a student at the University of North Carolina and my group, the Student Environmental Action Coalition, is undertaking an ambitious campaign to raise student fees by $4 per semester in order to bring renewable energy to our campus. While $4 doesn't sound like a lot, in the end it would amount to nearly $300,000 per year, which we hope to increase by corporate ma ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, campus activism, education, green living, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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