If you’ve looked at new homes in the last few years, maybe you’ve noticed that they all include not one, but several ceiling fans. This is quite different from homes built in the ’80s which often didn’t have ceiling lights in the bedrooms. One of the key reasons for making ceiling fans a standard feature [...]
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Making Our Homes More Airtight
As energy costs rise, there’s a lot more focus on making our homes more airtight to reduce energy consumption.You can save money when your heating and air conditioning systems run less. At the same time you’ll need to use mechanical ventilation similar to your kitchen and bathroom exhaust fans, to remove stale air and replace [...]
Trends in Heating & Cooling
We’re used to buying new tires or even a new car but when it’s time to buy a new furnace or boiler… help! Tires are like furnace filters, needing replacement after filtering so many cubic feet but there’s no odometer to measure air flow so we change filters monthly. You might buy a new car [...]
Tips to Stay Safe During Extreme Heat
Sometimes our kids are smarter than we are, like playing in cool water when it’s too hot to do anything else. With the extreme heat waves we’re having this summer, it’s hard to stay cool. Our bodies normally cool by sweating. but if a person’s body temperature rises too quickly, there can be damage to [...]
Insulation Facts & Figures
The US government has included insulation on the list of eligible home improvements for the 2009-2010 energy tax credit. The question then is why does the government want home owners to add insulation? Insulation Reduces Air Flow Insulation Saves Energy Whether you live where there are cold winters or in the south where you’re running [...]
Easy Heating Fuel Calculator
When school starts, people start to think about getting their homes ready for winter. If your heating bill was too high last year or you’d like to reduce your impact on the environment, you might consider using your fireplace more or possibly a wood stove. These choices will take more time on your part so [...]
Invest Now to Save Future Heating/Cooling Costs
It’s summer so it seems strange talking about updating your home to reduce your heating bill … which won’t start arriving for several months? If you’re using any type of air conditioning, central or room, the changes will also reduce your cooling costs. That’s because the techniques to insulate your home all focus on reducing [...]
Tips to Save Money: Bubble Wrap
The current federal tax credits are meant to help home owners save energy, and windows are one of the top ways to reduce your energy costs BUT they’re expensive, even with the tax credits which only apply to the cost of the windows.
For many home owners, new windows aren’t any option right now. That’s fine [...]
Time to Change Your Air Filter
As winter arrives we start to think about buttoning up our homes to keep the warm air in, and the colder air out. That’s also when we turn on the heat. To insure our furnaces are operating at peak efficiency, it is important to schedule your annual tuneup and start changing air filters periodically.
What Role [...]
Ceiling Fans – Using Them in the Winter?
Most people use ceiling fans in the summer, creating a downdraft that causes a wind-chill effect. The skin evaporates slight amounts of water from the sweat glands, providing cooling through the skin’s surface. The air is only moved, not cooled so you want to turn the fan off when there are no people in the [...]
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