Laundry / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...laundry' detergents, low-temperature wash cycles are far more effective than they were a decade ago. Reducing laundry energy use by washing in cold water Consider this: heating water accounts for about 90% of the energy your machine uses to wash a load of laundry. Switching from hot to warm water can cut our laundry en...

...laundry soap? Making laundry soap from Horse Chestnets or Buckeyes is easy if you follow these simple steps - this is about the number needed for 6 x 64 oz jugs of laundry detergent (200 loads appx): This 6" layer of horse chestnuts or buckeyes will produce around 6 x 64 oz jugs of laundry detergent Once you have co...

...laundry detergent & moisturizer under baby stuff, these great laundry detergent strips here and here, (and that we tested and reviewed Tru Earth laundry strips here) wipes under Baby Products and in Health & Household, we found a few sanitizers and priority products in personal-care appliances that made some of...

...laundry jugs of laundry detergent any more - and we also happen to love how our laundry now simply smells clean - rather than an ersats Alpine meadow! We also gained some space, no longer have a sticky trail of laundry detergent goo all over the laundry room, and only buy the amount of laundry detergent that we need - ...

...laundry solution for grid powered homes. Where this may find some popularity, is for small families or singles, that may take a long time to generate enough laundry to justify doing a full load. I could certainly see a use for this to do dish cloths and face cloths etc, or even a load of your 'unmentionables', the kin...