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Gil Ben-Meir

Do-It-Yourself Energy Audit

Dear Friends,


For those of you who feel their home is not insulated properly but can't afford a professional energy audit, there is a simple, creative way to Audit-it-Yourself.


http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/your_home/energy_audits/index.cfm/mytopic=11170


Posted by Gil Ben-Meir on December 8, 2007 at 12:43pm — 1 Comment

 

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