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Curious About Ground-Source Heat Pumps? (Video)

4:15 pm in Design & Architecture, efficiency, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

They Call it 'Geothermal', But That Term Can Be Confusing... Chris Bruer of GeoSmart, a Canadian 'geothermal' company (check out Lloyd's Jargon Watch post to learn why the wo...Read the full story on TreeHugger

5 Energy-efficient Induction Cooktops For Small Kitchens

11:35 am in alternative energy, efficiency, Food & Health, kitchens by TreeHugger

DDP Induction Cooktop photoThe DDP-3 24-inch Induction Cooktop. Photo credit: Diva Induction. The design brief: TreeHugger founder Graham Hill's 420-square-foot apartment in New York may be micro-sized, but his life calls for a great deal of outsized entertaining. So in spite of wanting to find a close-to-zero footprint for his pad -- which he is renovating as part of the LifeEdited project -- Hill also wants the look and feel of a real, this-is-where-the-fun's-at kitchen. That means a three- or four-burner stovetop. When aesthetics and ...Read the full story on TreeHugger