As part of the BooneyLiving Energy Conservation Challenge case study my husband and I spend the day installing window insulation film on the windows in our home. Let me kick this article off by saying that I am in love with heat shrink plastic window insulation film. In the past… Read more of this article

As many of you may know, almost a decade ago, my family decided to move into the mountains of Southern Oregon so we could get off the grid and start living a greener lifestyle. If you haven’t read our story yet, you can read it here: About BooneyLiving.com. We lived… Read more of this article

One of the projects that we recently tackled was sealing the heating ducts in our home for the BooneyLiving Energy Conservation Challenge. Since the only source of heating in our new project home is a forced air electric furnace, we decided to take a close look at the heating ducts… Read more of this article

If you’ve read my recent post about the new journey that our family has embarked on, you know that we are in the process of taking a 30 year old manufactured home that is an electricity hog and transforming it to an energy efficient green home. The purpose of this… Read more of this article

The other day, someone replied to one of my Tweets (by the way, if you’re not following me on Twitter you really should. My Twitter is @BooneyLiving) by saying, “If you’re off the grid, how can you be on Twitter? Are you living in the Matrix lady?” This got me… Read more of this article

We’ve all seen the late night infomercials that promise to sell us a magical device that will improve gas mileage by up to 40% but how many of these things actually do anything all? After all, people have been selling “snake oil” products like these since the dawn of time.… Read more of this article

Are you getting sick and tired of watching your children walk into a room, turn on a light switch, and then leave without turning the switch off? If you are, you are in good company because many parents, including myself, feel exactly the same way. There’s nothing more frustrating than… Read more of this article

Whether you’re thinking about getting off the grid or you are already off the grid, you’re probably interested in knowing what types of energy efficient off grid appliances are available for you to choose from. Today we’ll be taking a look at some of the kinds of appliances you might… Read more of this article

If you’re like most people who are concerned about conserving energy, you probably wonder exactly how much electricity each of your electronic devices actually use. In today’s article I’m going to teach you how to use a very simple and inexpensive home energy monitor that will tell you exactly how… Read more of this article

There a many reasons why knowing how to read an electric meter can be a great skill to have. Several years ago we moved into a new house and after receiving one outrageous power bill after another, we decided to take matters into our own hands and figure out why… Read more of this article