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1/06/2010

For many people, our home is our sanctuary. As our shelter from the storm, nothing is more personal than when we feel our homes under siege. With dozens of recent examples on how toxic items are entering our homes, how can we remain calm, make informed decisions, and keep our homes and lives free of chemicals?

First and foremost, unless something is known to contain toxic levels of chemicals, please don’t throw it out prematurely. To paraphrase Thomas Friedman ...

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12/08/2009

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Microsoft at COP15

The COP15 is in full force this week and Rob Bernard, our chief environmental strategist, along with other team members are in Denmark engaging in the conversation. The group is addressing how technology will play a large role in addressing climate change over the next 40 years. Here’s a video clip of Rob Bernard talking about some of the main topics that he’ll be engaging in.

Nick Eaton, a Microsoft reporter at the Seattle Pi, put together a ...

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11/30/2009

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Hohm for the Holidays

As you may have seen this morning, Natali Del Conte of CBS Early Show put together a great segment about Microsoft Hohm. CBS followed a family in Sacramento and tracked their use of Microsoft Hohm. The family used Hohm which provided them with custom recommendations based on their home's appliances and family habits. They were surprised to learn that their refrigerator in the garage is very inefficient, that they could combine laundry loads to save, and that replacing traditional light bulbs with energy efficient compact florescent ones can make a ...

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11/24/2009

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First 100 Days

About 100 days ago, a small, very enthusiastic and very tired team here in Redmond launched our Hohm beta website. This was the first public step in a journey that we started on over two years ago, one that began with a vision on how we could help consumers around the world save energy and money. It’s a big vision, and one we on the Hohm team are thrilled to pursue with you. The early consumer response to the Hohm ...

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10/09/2009

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Fun Fridays Start Today

We’re starting a new video series that will be release every Friday. Fun Fridays are video clips of the team and interactions that go on throughout the week with Microsoft Hohm. These videos are designed to be more lighthearted shining light on all of the people that make Microsoft Hohm possible.

One of the biggest concepts that I would like to inject into Fun Fridays is to take questions from our communities and ask those questions to the team members ...

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8/28/2009

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Hohm Update With Karen

Watch the video below for some exciting new updates with Microsoft Hohm.

The main theme of these updates is that they come from you. Please keep your suggestions coming and we're going to do what we can to implement those ideas back into Hohm.

Thanks!

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8/25/2009

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Hohm Suggestions Continued

In this video Dan goes through some quick recommendation on how to fix your broken ducts in your home.

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8/18/2009

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Hohm Suggestions

In this video Dan Wildenhaus takes a class from South Seattle Community College to a onsite audit to help the students gain real world experience as energy auditors. Dan talks about a couple key steps that the home owner could make to increase the energy performance while saving money.

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7/16/2009

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The Story of Hohm

If you haven't had the chance to read the story of Microsoft Hohm grab a drink, sit back and read on while Troy paints a picture of the creation to implementation of Hohm.

I started working on Niagara two years ago, following a honeymoon sabbatical to inspiring places such as Mt. Everest. That extended time away from work made me reflect deeply on what I wanted to do next in my career. Like many of us here at Microsoft, I consistently ...

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7/15/2009

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Behind The Scenes – Karen Jaskolka

In this video Karen Jaskolka, the Group Program Manager for Microsoft-Hohm tells the story why she became involved with this project. Hopefully this video gives you a taste of the people that are behind the scenes of this project at Microsoft.

Let us know your thoughts on what type of videos/content that you would like to see.

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