Creative Ways to Keep Your Home Cooler Without AC or Whole House Fan
So your home gets too hot and you are looking for ways of addressing the challenge. But how can you do it without installing another appliance and tapping for more…
Rooftop Solar Lease Revisited: 5 Disadvantages or the Facts Leasing Companies Don’t Want you to Know
Residential rooftop solar leases have had a good run in the market, and why shouldn’t they…? They require no money upfront for systems that cost thousands of dollars while the…
Midori House: Couple Transforms Century-Old Bungalow into a Passive House, Energy Bills Drop by 80%
These days, it’s easy to see that the focus is on saving energy and reducing costs associated with rising energy prices. But let’s face it, there is a huge difference…
One Man’s Trash…is Another Scrounger’s House (if You Know How to Live)
Jim Juczak, a middle-school shop teacher, hates mortgages. When he decided to build his own home on his 50-acre property, he decided to do away with debt. What resulted from…
ISI Tech Claims to Have Invented the Most Energy Efficient Tankless Water Heater Ever (Saves up to 40%)
Anyone who has a tankless water heater can attest – while the energy consumption (compared to a standard tank heater) is considerably lower, these systems tend to be rather unreliable…
The House That Pays Your Bills – Net Zero Living in New Jersey
The way we look at it is that if the house has no energy bills, it might as well be called a house that pays your bills. This Net Zero…
Can an Air Conditioner be Used as a Heater? A Guide to Using Your AC as a Heat Pump
Very few of us are lucky enough to live in an area where it’s gloriously warm and sunny all year round. So if we’ve doled out hundreds (or even thousands)…
Biofuel as Renewable Energy Resource to Homeowners?
Pollution is getting worse as time pass and we are already suffering from its negative effects. The harsh weather conditions, climate “weirdness” and the large hole of the ozone layer…
Solar Costs are Falling, But What about the Energy Payback?
The cost of a residential solar system has come down 33% since 2008 improving financial payback1. However, have you ever asked yourself about the energy payback of the solar panels? Energy payback…
3 Green Lighting Tips Beyond the Obvious
Most advice out there on efficient lighting simply states what you already know: switch to LEDs or CFLs, embrace natural light, look for the Energy Star logo, yada yada. We…