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	<description>Energy Efficient Buildings and Solar Installations in the Triangle, NC</description>
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		<title>&#8220;Net Metering&#8221; vs &#8220;Buy-All-Sell-All&#8221; How North Carolina Treats Residential Solar Installations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Solar Hot Water / Solar Electric]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Updated It&#8217;s been over a year since I first wrote this blog post about &#8220;net-metering&#8221; vs &#8220;buy-all-sell-all&#8221; and it&#8217;s time for an update. There is no national standard yet when it comes to small generators of renewable energy, i.e. wind and solar, which prompted this original post a while back.  To further complicate matters, how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grid-Interconnected or Batteries?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Hot Water / Solar Electric]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many customers assume that when they install a solar system, they are going to be able to &#8220;unplug&#8221; from their electric utility and are surprised when we explain that they probably don&#8217;t want to do that.  Here are a couple of simple reasons why: Unless you&#8217;ve designed your house to achieve a very high degree of energy efficiency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Solar.</title>
		<link>http://www.sundogssolutions.com/financial-incentives/solar-in-canada-works/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sundogssolutions.com/financial-incentives/solar-in-canada-works/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial & Incentives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Hot Water / Solar Electric]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sundogssolutions.com/?p=422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of different ways governments encourage the development and growth of  clean energy.  While staying with Dawna&#8217;s family just outside of Ottawa this Christmas, we had the opportunity to visit a neighbor&#8217;s solar installation and talk over the economics of this particular system.  In Canada they don&#8217;t subsidize the manufacturers (China) or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tankless hot water &#8211; a good investment or not?</title>
		<link>http://www.sundogssolutions.com/energy-efficiency/tankless-hot-water-a-good-investment-or-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sundogssolutions.com/?p=414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Customers looking for ways to reduce their energy consumption often ask about tankless hot water systems, having heard that they are a &#8220;greener&#8221; option than traditional water heaters.  Tankless systems have certainly become popular recently, yet we rarely recommend them (unless for  a very specific need). Here is our rationale on the subject: Are tankless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar hot water is up and running</title>
		<link>http://www.sundogssolutions.com/customers/english/solar-hot-water-is-up-and-running/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sundogssolutions.com/customers/english/solar-hot-water-is-up-and-running/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a beautiful thing!]]></description>
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		<title>Things are coming together!</title>
		<link>http://www.sundogssolutions.com/customers/english/things-are-coming-together/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sundogssolutions.com/customers/english/things-are-coming-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A late Fall day was a great time to see how the sunlight will keep the home warm and bright in Fall/Winter. Note the sunshine patterns on the tile. Drywall, electrical, plumbing complete inside. Roof, siding and paint on the outside. We move on to the finishing touches!]]></description>
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		<title>Why you should wait on windows.</title>
		<link>http://www.sundogssolutions.com/energy-efficiency/why-you-should-wait-on-windows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We have long explained to our customers that windows are usually not where  they should focus their energy when looking to save money.  While windows and doors have benefited from a lot of marketing dollars because of their high cost and associated profits, the benefits and savings of these have been grossly exaggerated. When it comes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rid your dryer of chemicals, once and for all.</title>
		<link>http://www.sundogssolutions.com/healthy-home/rid-your-dryer-of-chemicals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sundogssolutions.com/healthy-home/rid-your-dryer-of-chemicals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sundogssolutions.com/?p=399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Often we are marketed a &#8220;green&#8221; or &#8220;natural&#8221; product touted to solve some problem we face (e.g. extract of flower used as a mosquito repellent) or replace an effective, if somewhat toxic or less-than-natural product, only to be disappointed with lackluster performance.  So when we happen to come across something that actually does work, well&#8230; we can&#8217;t help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot, Flat and Crowded &#8211; Thomas Friedman</title>
		<link>http://www.sundogssolutions.com/recommended-reading/hot-flat-and-crowded-thomas-friedman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sundogssolutions.com/recommended-reading/hot-flat-and-crowded-thomas-friedman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Recommended Reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable living]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sundogssolutions.com/?p=393</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—And How It Can Renew America.  Thomas Friedman In this updated version of Thomas Friedman&#8217;s book on the future of our planet and it&#8217;s prospects for sustainability, Thomas Friedman proposes that the solution for global warming and the best way for America to regain its leadership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Better World Shopping Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.sundogssolutions.com/recommended-reading/the-better-wold-shopping-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sundogssolutions.com/recommended-reading/the-better-wold-shopping-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Recommended Reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green shopping guide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sundogssolutions.com/?p=394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Better World Shopping Guide, by Ellis Jones Here is a great little book if you ever wanted help making choices about what you buy.  One of the best ways to influence a business is with your purchases and this great little helper can guide you through your everyday purchases, from where to buy gas [...]]]></description>
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