While writing a new report on Home Energy (see our Free Resources), I read an important article in Time Magazine, Wasting Our Watts. Here are the key messages I took away from this article about this incredibly important energy source ... but you'll have to read further to learn what it …
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CFL Controversies Brewing
Compact florescent light (CFL) bulbs are gaining in popularity as they use 75% less energy than standard incandescent light bulbs. It's also easy to convert from today's incandescent light bulbs to CFLs. You don't have to buy any new light fixtures. When an existing bulb burns out, simply replace …
Programmable Thermostats are Changing
Programmable thermostats are one of the most popular home energy savings investments. A programmable thermostat means that once set, your heating and/or cooling systems will work automatically based on what you've told them to do, i.e. raise the temperature at 7am in the morning Monday through …
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Energy Vampires: Find & Tame Them
Many electronic devices continue to draw power when they're turned off. Some of these are intentional, i.e. your television remote will only work if there's power in the television to receive signals. Unfortunately this standby power wastes a tremendous amount of energy ... or roughly 68 …
Save Energy with LED Christmas Lights
We love our holiday traditions and that often includes decorating with lights. Christmas lights are easy to set up, beautiful inside and outside our homes and small enough to store and reuse year after year. The question is how much electricity do our holiday lights use, especially if we leave them …
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Weatherstripping Can Save You Money
Weatherstripping is a very useful tool to stop air leaks around your doors and windows. Where ever you can see, or more important, feel air moving, there's a gap and you're losing your warm (or cooled) air to the outdoors.Weatherstripping can be added to your doors and window sashes to reduce the …
