The Neuton 6.2 battery powered mower is the most expensive in its class, but we think it might just be worth it. We spent the weekend with the little fella and he did a great job! To our surprise, it worked exactly as advertised and then some. On our half acre lot, it cut the entire yard without hesitation. We bagged the front clippings and set the height on 3. We realized that might have been shorter than we normally mow. In the back we mulched with the height set to 4. All in all it absolutely worked beautifully.

Features of the Neuton 6.2:

1. Lightweight - At 69 lbs, it is very light compared to a conventional mower. Definitely makes up for not being motorized, don't really miss that feature from my gas powered mower. The larger rear wheel makes a nice pivot point ensuring easy to turn.

This is a excellent article posted by the Home Energy Magazine in 2000 from laboratory testing done by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to determine whether storm windows actually make a significant impact on a homes energy consumption. The findings have clearly shown that, indeed simply properly installing good storm windows makes a significant difference, even if you already have double insulated glass windows.

Putting up storm windows on an older home can do more than simply protect the windows from storm damage, and even more than cut down on conductive heat loss. It can also significantly reduce air infiltration. This fact was recently demonstrated by a team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory who fitted two single-glazed, double-hung sash windows with storm windows, put the assemblies in a simulated weather chamber, and measured air pressure and temperatures on both sides of each assembly for a period of 30 days. The results showed that air infiltration is indeed reduced with storm window additions.

When not in use, your house fan leaks conditioned air into the attic. It works great for those few days before summer heat hits and you're not quite ready to turn the AC on. However those days seem to be few and far between. The house fan is great idea for those days if you actually use it, but most people we've surveyed (unscientific) rarely turn it on. Here is a quick easy way to seal off the fan so no air travels through the vents.

You can simply use window plastic stretched across if you don't plan to use the attic fan any time in the future. Another way is to purchase a kit from Batticdoor.com (http://www.batticdoor.com/louvercoverdetails.html) that is attached with velcro giving you the ability to remove anytime you need to utilize the attic fan. Installation is fairly simple, just follow these instructions.

If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.

ENERGY STAR qualified bulbs use about 75 percent less energy than standard incandescent bulbs and last up to 10 times longer. Save about $30 or more in electricity costs over each bulb's lifetime. Produce about 75 percent less heat, so they're safer to operate and can cut energy costs associated with home cooling. Are available in different sizes and shapes to fit in almost any fixture, for indoors and outdoors.