Replacing one old fashioned 60W to 100W incandescent lamp in your house with an LED lamp will save you $225 to $500 over the life of the lamp.  Think about that: spending just a few extra dollars brings an exponential return of hundreds of dollars in electricity savings and replacement savings (LED’s last 50,000 hours vs 1500 hours for incandescent…

    When weighing the pros and cons of LED outdoor lighting fixtures to more traditional lighting, a good place to start is always energy costs. Let’s use, for example, a 150w metal halide wall pack. This fixture would use a total of 186 watts when including the energy used by the lamp and ballast. A 45 watt LED wall…

When my wife asked me to install an outdoor shower for the kids to use after being at the beach all day, I decided it would be a great opportunity to construct a solar shower.  Here are the instructions. Locate an area that gets good exposure to the sun, especially around the hours you hope to use the shower. I…