As the weather starts to cool down and summer gives way to fall, you will need to take time to prepare your home for the winter. Failing to winterize your home early in the fall season can cost you a small fortune. If you fail to inspect your appliances and prepare your indoor and outdoor [...]
Keeping cool during the summer can be done without having a high electric bill. If you want to save on the cost of electricity, then you need to use your air conditioning less. You have many options to use in your home to keep cool and have a lower electric bill. Cross-Currents This is a [...]
Within the last few years, compact fluorescents (CFLs) have replaced incandescents as America’s light bulb du jour. These bulbs contain gases inside of a spiral-shaped glass tube that produce visible light when an electrical current is passed through them. By comparison, incandescent bulbs work by heating a thin tungsten filament to more than 4,000 degrees, [...]
Imagine dark clouds rolling in just as the winds pick up. Are you ready for the next big storm? Do you have an emergency plan in place to protect yourself and your family? You never know when tragedy might strike and it is important to have a preset plan in case the storm comes unexpectedly. [...]
Did you know that your house still parties even when you are not around? Unless you make the conscious effort to turn off all appliances and home gadgets, you are wasting precious money and energy that is going unused. In the last decade we have seen home energy usage rise 14% and CO2 emissions rise [...]
Want to save more money and energy around the house. Follow these small tips that have viturally no cost.
The Holiday season is upon us and it will only keep getting colder in the upcoming months. If you are not following the right steps to conserve energy, what you didn’t know about energy efficiency could be hurting your pocketbook. Do you close all your vents to save energy? That is just one of the [...]
All of us have an impact on the environment, whether it is good or bad is up to us as individuals. If you would like to start living green but don’t know where to start, ask yourself this “How do I go about embodying an earth-conscious way of life, while maintain a standard of living [...]
This is part four in a series about conserving your energy at home, in hopes of saving you money. The first article was about ways to properly heat and cool your home in the winter and summer. Followed by number two which talked about how to properly heat and use the water in your home. [...]
