You might be an EcoRenovator if
 

You strategically change out Incandescent bulbs for CFL's in your friends house without telling them.
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Nicely done! You'll have to let us know if they ever figure out that you've changed them.

Haha, very nice!

you buy CFL for your parents in law : http://ecorenovator.org/forum/lighti...d.html#post861

you swap older 2700°K CFL with newer 6500°K CFL :cool:

you ignore the two dozen of incandescent in your inventory of bulbs' stock because you have more than half a dozen spare CFL.

Denis.

that's hilarious dremd! you can stop buy my place with yor spare cfl's anytime...LOL!

Nice job! :)

there's got to be more "you might be an Ecorenovator" comments out there guys...

Oooh, I didn't think we were starting a series...

...you unplug every appliance that registers a standby power draw on your kill-a-watt.

Andre, mind if I use these pictures/story for a blog entry? :)

You are very welcome to Use those Pics/ story in a Blog; Sorry I didn't answer sooner.


More You might be an Eco-Renovator if Jokes From Vegas.

You can't stand the fact that your Vegas Crib has Solar Heated pool, but not Solar heated Domestic Hot water.

You calculate the savings if you unscrewed just one of the flashing bulbs on the strip.

You have to keep telling yourself that Vegas runs mostly off of the Dam so you don't cry when you think about all of those lights.

You consider going to a strip club; not because you want to see the girls; but you figure that they are dark and must not waste to much energy.

You sit in the screening room rather than the Living room because it has an LCD rather than DLP.

You hope that Southwest Hypermiles back to New Orleans.

More coming soon

You might be an ecorenovator if...

You take your kill a watt to work and start playing with your computer to see what kind of power you can save during the work day.

More to come on this in another thread. :)

Straighten used nails, buy second hand wallpaper

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You might be an EcoRenovator if...
... You first buy an Arduino to help you track/lower your energy consumption, then you search for a more efficient power supply to power it.
Swapping a 12V 0.4A wallwart for a 9V 1A unit reduced usage from 2.5W to 1.5W:)

... You buy the most efficient refrigerator, then do what you can to reduce its consumption.

And RobertSmalls gets credit for this one:

You might be an EcoRenovator if,

You curse at the idea of using 23 watts in the CFL($1) in your computer room,
when you know very well, that an LED blub($30) will only use 12 watts and give you almost enough light.. :p

You might be an EcoRenovator if...


You won't buy CFL bulbs because you don't want to wait another 10 years to get LEDs.

You consider anything below 2.0 COP to be inefficient.

You spend your tax return on insulation, caulk, and expanding foam sealant.

You read the 96% AFUE sticker as 4% wasted fuel.

kWh, therm, COP and AFUE are household terms (in your household).

You have added EcoRenovator to your browser's autocorrect dictionary.

You might be an EcoRenovator if...
... Whenever your friends/family/neighbors start talking about electricity/water/gas bills, you are the only one who knows not only the cost, but also how many kWh/cubic meters he consumes.

You might be an EcoRenovator if...
... You log your energy usage with better resolution than "I looked at my meter yesterday and it was spinning really fast".

you might be an ecorenovator if
-you measure your solar powered battery bank in .0x of a volt. and care.
-you boast to your friends that your 48v solar panels kicked it at 64.51 volts
-you have an old tractor with a perfectly good gas motor but you spend hours researching how to convert it to electric.
-you have a hidden bank account where you put all your free cash so you can buy said electric conversion without your wife knowing. (really babe, I was at the strip club)

but I don't know anyone like that.

You might be an EcoRenovator if...
... Each time you look at the radiator on the wall you keep thinking "If only it was 10-15% larger, then I could lower the heating system's supply temperature by a degree or two, bumping its efficiency..."

Put a few computer fans on it, operated by a high efficiency power supply and a thermostat.

Did that 2 years ago...

You might be an EcoRenovator if...

...you find yourself explaining the concept of ecological footprint at parties...

...and compare results...

-AC

You might be an EcoRenovator if...

When the sun finally comes out to melt the snow, on the first day of Spring,
First Day of Spring Vernal Equinox 2013


And it's only going to be a couple of hours of melting, until you get some badly needed Solar PV power, :D
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The clouds will be rolling in about 30 seconds, after all the snow is gone.. :(
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YMBAER if...
... At the store you walk past a whole aisle lined with beer cans, and all you can think of is that they would make a helluva solar air warmer.

This winter we had to replace the digital thermometer in our bedroom, so we got one with more functions (humidity, min/max). It worked fine, but when it finally got warm enough to open the windows and turn the heating off I found out that it has one more function: It displays the word "Comfort" and a smiley face when it is warm enough (and not too humid). 'Warm enough' in this case is over 20°C, while our bedroom was in the 16-17°C range all winter (sometimes below 15, rarely above 18), so no wonder I never saw any happy faces - the thermometer was not happy;) So...

You might be an EcoRenovator if...
... Your house's winter temperature is kept so low that even your thermometer is not comfortable.
... You have warm sweaters, vests, socks and slippers prepared for your guests.

On the same note, when we had guests over during the winter months, one of the ladies came out of the bathroom with a big frown on her face and almost crying: "Even their toilet seat is cold!"

LOL! My wife is becoming less and less tolerant of winter's cold toilet seat.

We kept our house up at 20C the whole winter. Today, they are in AC mode..
Got them running at 25C and I'm still chilly.. It feels nice outside.. abt 30 to 33C today..

Here you go...


The maximum ultra.

-AC

I'm done with re-doing bathrooms.. One was enough..

I could end up like Clem, pushing up daisies.

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YMBAER if you spend countless hours calculating how to make your solar-system-charged electric car conversion blow the pants off of multimillion dollar exoticars you might pull up beside at a traffic light. BWAAAAHAAAAHAAAAHAAAAHAAAA!

What do the buttons do-wipe for you? Never mind-I'm not certain I want to know.:eek:
Craig

YMBAER if...
You are browsing the net and see this picture:
http://stickysugar.files.wordpress.c...beerfridge.jpg
and the only thought that comes across your mind is "Thermal mass!"