January 27th, 2010
About a year-and-a-half ago, we signed up for Residential Real Time Pricing (RRTP) with Commonwealth Edison, our electricity provider. Many utility companies across the country offer similar programs, so please check with your local provider for energy-saving opportunities on utility bills.
RRTP uses ComEd’s Basic Electric Service Hourly Energy Pricing. With it, the price of electricity [...]
October 15th, 2009
Okay, okay, remodeling a home for climate change could be somewhat of an oxymoron: there can be a lot of waste heading for the landfill, for one, however some disposal companies will recycle construction and demolition (C&D) debris. Since 2007 the City of Chicago has required contractors to recycle at least 50% of their C&D [...]
October 15th, 2009
I’m happy to participate in Blog Action Day for Climate Change, because here at Bungalow Chronicles, we make an effort to lower our carbon footprint (I kind of hate that term, but whatever) every day. It didn’t happen overnight — and it doesn’t have to — but once we got started it became easier and [...]