Energy Efficient Windows, For Better Living

While home improvement chains may be making you aware of the incentives and savings of new appliances, if you’re living in an older home you can save more on both fronts by looking at replacement windows.

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January 7th, 2012 | Tags: , , | Category: Commercial, Home Remodeling & Improvement, Window & Door Replacement | Leave a comment

Seal Basement Air Leaks

Seal basement sill

This post is a detailed part of Home Energy 101 and is something that the average DIY can do at minimal cost to save energy and drastically cut heating bills. Did I mention warmer floors, less drafts equals warmer house? This usually makes the ladies of the house much happier

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December 11th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: DIY Tips | Leave a comment

Use the Summer Heat to Your Advantage by Understanding How It Works

Understanding heat means understanding energy. Conservation of Energy, or the first law of thermodynamics, tells us that energy cannot be created or destroyed. Energy is simply converted from one form to another. In most cases, some type of energy is converted into heat or heat is converted into something else. For example, heat can be converted to light or mechanical work can be converted into heat. We think of heat as something that’s generated, but within the frame of thermodynamics, it’s just energy in another form—it’s heat waiting to happen.

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June 21st, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: DIY Tips | One comment
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