Attic Ann

Attic Ann

Help The Environment With Radiant Barrier

While a great many citizens claim interest in the environment and reducing the amount of natural resources used, far fewer of us actually do anything about our ideals. We may say we feel strongly about excessive packaging, large SUVs guzzling gas, or the amount of plastic created to carry our water bottle habit, most are slow to adopt any changes in behavior. Is that because we believe that the problems belong to someone else, that we're exempt? Or are we waiting for some leader or legal decree about what's right and wrong?

The reality is, one of the easiest to start affecting changes is in your own backyard, in your own home. We can start in the attic with radiant barrier.

Homes built today are still required to conform to building codes developed in the '60s and '70s. While there have been technological breakthroughs, there have been few to no incentives for general contractors and homeowners to understand new insulation products and how they might help reduce costs. A small but growing number of passionate people are starting to educate the rest of us on the price of what we don't see - the air we pay to heat rising through the attic, and the heat from the sun forcing our air conditioners to work overtime. The excessive wear and tear on even the most efficient HVAC systems is enough to reduce life expectancy by several years at least.

Radiant barrier can help minimize the energy your HVAC consumes as it tries to work in the summer and winter. Radiant barrier can also regulate temperatures, making the dwelling more consistently comfortable.

By investing a few hundred dollars to install radiant barrier, a homeowner can recoup their investment and save their HVAC in just a short time. Mother earth will be grateful.

Lincoln is a resource for homeowners seeking to save energy, lower their utility bills with attic insulation, and improve the life of their HVAC system. As an experienced residential carpenter, Lincoln gained firsthand experience with improving the quality and efficiency of homes in his Midwest community. Seeking a more effective way to heat and cool his home, he discovered radiant barrier foil insulation and now spends his time helping others do the same.

 

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Any new, good books you recommend? ( Science fiction, horror, etc)?

O-o Well I just finished Under The Dome (Which I highly recommend ^^ ) and I'm on a search for another one. Anyways I just wanted to see if anybody knew of any good books to recommend. I usually like books that are a stephen kind kind of style that usually have to do with horror... and a lot of guts and blood I'm kind of picky on vampire books, considering most of them are cliche and were made right after twilight, but I have to say Ann Rice's vampire series are AMMMAZING!!! <3 Other books for example are flowers in the attic series (o.o I guess that could be considered in the 'weird' topic since its about kids locked in a attic) And The Memory Keepers daughter was also ubber good

Vampire:
House of Night by PC Cast
Anita Blake series by Laurell Hamilton
Morganville Vampires by Rachel Cain
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Den of Shadows by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Vampire Diaries by LJ Smith
Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
Vampire Kisses
Tantalize by Cynthia Smith
Nightworld series LJ SMith
Vampire Beach by Alex Duval
Thirst by Christopher Pike

Werewolf stories:
Blood and Chocolate.
Demonata by Darren Shan
Wereling by Stephen Cole
Werecat

Spy stories (actually very good, although not fantasy. You should still check them out):
Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter
The Specialists by Shannon Greenland.
Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz

Tithe: A modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Wings by Aprilynn Pike

Also the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld is good, but its futuristic.

The Unseen series is really good.
The Mortal Instruments series
The Black Tattoo
Unwind
The Gatekeepers by Anthony Horowitz
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Deadly Little Lies
Immortals by Alyson Noel

Witches (as in Wiccan)
Sweep series by Cate Tierman
Balefire series also by Cate Tierman

Wake by Lisa McMann
-Wake #1
-Fade #2
-Gone #3

Aliens:
Daniel X by James Patterson

Mythology:
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riodan
Daughters of the Moon Series
Sons of the Night Series by: Lynne Ewing

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