4/13/12

While you may be limited by the types and sizes of liquids you can carry through airport security, what you pick up after your screening is a whole different matter. Bring an empty, reusable water bottle with you as part of your carry-on luggage, and fill it up in the terminal. Restaurants, coffee shops and fast food beverage fountains are all great places to get free water. Newer airports -- like San Francisco's eco-friendly Terminal 2 -- are starting to offer filtered water refill stations for your convenience.

4/12/12

For food storage, the greenest, healthiest and most energy-efficient choice is glass. Glass storage containers keep cold better and longer than other materials (like plastic). The colder the glass containers stay, the less the refrigerator and freezer have to work. Plus, glass containers don't absorb odors or stains, so smells aren't transferred to other foods when you use them over and over again.

4/11/12

When installing a programmable thermostat in your home, you want to avoid a few places. Don't install it anywhere temperatures can fluctuate dramatically. Avoid the kitchen, where the stove heats up the room quickly; anywhere near a fireplace; and anywhere bathrooms steam can read as hot air. Make sure the thermostat isn't located anywhere sunlight streams through windows during the day -- if the light hits the thermostat, the hot rays can force the air conditioning system to go into overdrive.