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	<title>NeutralAxis &#187; Energy Efficiency</title>
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	<description>No stress?</description>
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		<title>Bamboo Floor Installation in a Basement Bedroom</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/201111/bamboo-floor-installation-in-a-basement-bedroom.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/201111/bamboo-floor-installation-in-a-basement-bedroom.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, my girlfriend, N, and I embarked on a project to put down an engineered bamboo floor from Calibamboo.com in a basement bedroom and closet area (a total of about 300 sq.ft.) It was a lot of work, but we&#8217;re very happy with the results. [Update: Cali Bamboo has put this up for project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irritrol PC Control (v2.0.37beta) Irrigation Software</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/201106/irritrol-pc-control-v2-0-37beta-irrigation-software.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/201106/irritrol-pc-control-v2-0-37beta-irrigation-software.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Irritrol PC Control software (v 2.0.37 beta) has been running smoothly all week.  I&#8217;ve discovered a couple of minor bugs and one big disappointment in that it won&#8217;t run via Wine on Linux. First, the minor bugs.  I think most people will want to leave the software running so that it can automatically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Irritrol PC Control Software</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/201106/new-irritrol-pc-control-software.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/201106/new-irritrol-pc-control-software.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Water Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, Irritrol has put out an update to their out of date PC Control software for control of irrigation and lighting systems. I&#8217;ve just installed it today and like it much better, but it remains to be seen if it is less buggy than their previous software. After running it for a few weeks I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forgotten Cold War Era Nuke Technology May Be The Ultimate Green Energy</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200912/thorium-nuke-energy.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200912/thorium-nuke-energy.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[historical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What nuclear fuel can be carried safely in your pocket, has a nearly inexhaustible supply in nature, leaves minuscule waste, and can run a reactor that could fit within a medium sized suburban house?  Need a hint?  Its named after a Norse god and was pretty much forgotten about by the nuclear power industry because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dyson AirBlade Hand Dryer</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200912/dyson-blade-hand-dryer.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200912/dyson-blade-hand-dryer.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gadgets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Saw my first Dyson AirBlade hand dryer in a restroom this evening.  Seems to work as advertised in that it dries your hands reasonably well and very quickly, but its jet engine noisy. You insert your hands, fingers pointing downward, and the fan turns on.  Or should I say, THE FAN TURNS ON.  You then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modulating Thermostat Firmware Glitch</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200911/modulating-thermostat-firmware-glitch.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200911/modulating-thermostat-firmware-glitch.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HVAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home improvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last winter I had an old Rheem gas furnace and air conditioner replaced with what amounts to Rheem&#8217;s top of the line air-source heat pump system.  Its a dual fuel heat pump with a modulating gas burner and variable speed fan.  To make that part of the system work required a modulating thermostat and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How The Other Half Lives</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200911/how-the-other-half-lives.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200911/how-the-other-half-lives.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HVAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lighting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home improvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting project I hope to be involved in has crossed my desk.  Its not every day around here where somebody wants to build a 12,000 sq.ft. home, yet an email arrived from a German architectural firm looking for someone local to perform structural and MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) engineering on such a home.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Electric Vehicle Charging Corridor</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200909/ev-charging.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200909/ev-charging.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new electric vehicle (EV) charging corridor is being established along a corridor linking LA and San Francisco for owners of electric vehicles to recharge their battery.  Its the first of its kind in the country. At five locations along the corridor, companies Rabobank and SolarCity have set up 240V 70A charging stations that can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reboot Your Kitchen Oven</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200908/reboot-your-kitchen-oven.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200908/reboot-your-kitchen-oven.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home improvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who knew?  Ovens can be rebooted.  Yesterday the oven part of my 15 year old GE electric range refused to turn on and the timer/clock went blank.  The stovetop burners still worked though.  The circuit breaker was OK too.  Grasping at a straw before calling for service, I turned off the breaker and left it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cash For Kitchen Clunkers</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200908/cash-for-kitchen-clunkers.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200908/cash-for-kitchen-clunkers.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home improvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BusinessWeek.com is reporting that this fall as part of the federal stimulus package, there will be a rebate program for home appliances similar to the Cash For Clunkers automobile program.  Certain appliances will be eligible for rebates of $50 to $200 and the old appliance will not be required to be turned in.  This sounds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exterior Floor-Mounted Electric Outlet</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200907/exterior-floor-mounted-electric-outlet.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200907/exterior-floor-mounted-electric-outlet.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equipment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.neutralaxis.com/?p=1178</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been trying to find a nice looking electric outlet to put on my exterior deck but have had difficulty finding anything other than a plain box with a hinged lid.  It seems that painting the box green is what passes for making it a little more attractive.  However, I ran across this recessed floor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irritrol PC Control Goes Down</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200907/irritrol-pc-control-goes-down.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200907/irritrol-pc-control-goes-down.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Water Conservation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Update 07/18/09: Weather information is working again.  I presume weather.com didn't change things back, so I'm guessing Irritrol was working as a middleman taking weather.com info and packaging it for their program when it calls back to HQ.  Originally I had thought the program contacted weather.com directly but it looks like that's not the case.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incandescent Lamp 2.0</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200907/incandescent-lamp-2-0.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200907/incandescent-lamp-2-0.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lighting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t mind paying more than 10 times the price of a standard incandescent lamp, a new incandescent technology can boost efficiency around 30% and lasts about 3 times as long.  They&#8217;re still not as efficient as a CFL but they&#8217;re instantly on at full brightness, which is my only complaint about CFL.  Home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irritrol PC-Control Irrigation</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200905/irritrol-pc-control-irrigation.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200905/irritrol-pc-control-irrigation.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 22:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Water Conservation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I&#8217;d do a little review of the Irritrol lawn irrigation controller they call, unimaginatively, PC-Control.  Its a hardware package with a Windows software module that provides for detailed scheduling and smart operation of a lawn irrigation system.  [Updated July 10, 2009 with information about program errors.][New version 2.0.37 beta software is available and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refrigerator Energy Use</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200904/refrigerator-energy-use.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200904/refrigerator-energy-use.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d always heard that refrigerators were a major energy user within the home, and decided to check mine against the modern norm.  The results were not what I expected. My first step was to use my Kill-a-watt device to measure the electricity being consumed by my existing refrigerator.  its a GE 22 cu.ft. model from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Restroom Water Conservation</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200904/public-restroom-water-conservation.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200904/public-restroom-water-conservation.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Water Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEED]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For one of my commercial clients, I&#8217;ve been looking at ways to save water, and thus money.  The figures for water savings are eye opening. The setting is a national restaurant franchise that typically seats around 180.  In the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s restrooms are a total of typically 3 water closets, 1 urinal, and 2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>T.E.D. &#8211; The Energy Detective</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200903/ted-the-energy-detective.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200903/ted-the-energy-detective.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smart Grid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No, that&#8217;s not a 1990&#8242;s caller ID box.  That&#8217;s TED, The Energy Detective; a gizmo that monitors your whole house electric usage.  If you&#8217;ve ever seen a kill-a-watt, TED is basically the same thing with better data collection, and it monitors the whole house instead of a single circuit.  With a 15 minute installation that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Electric Grid</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200903/smart-electric-grid.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200903/smart-electric-grid.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smart Grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WIRED]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The current issue of WIRED magazine has a good article about the need for updating the nation&#8217;s electric grid and goes into what needs to be done and why.  Check it out in print in the Aptil 2009 issue, or online.  My electric utility company expects to have smart meters in place by the end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finicky High Efficiency Water Heaters</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200903/high-efficiency-water-heater.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200903/high-efficiency-water-heater.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[AO Smith and State water heater companies make identical 96% efficient water heaters.  But they have what I consider to be a design flaw that can render them useless.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Passed the LEED AP Exam</title>
		<link>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200903/passed-the-leed-ap-exam.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.neutralaxis.com/200903/passed-the-leed-ap-exam.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a couple of weeks of studying, I&#8217;ve taken and passed the LEED Accredited Professional exam, so I can add some new initials after the PE when I sign my name. LEED is the &#8220;Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design&#8221; program established by the US Green Building Council.  It sets a minimum standard for the [...]]]></description>
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