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Energy
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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - Big house or small house? There are many rewards if you choose to downsize.
- One of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to reduce energy use at home is to ensure that your home is properly insulated.
- Spring is in the air, and so are dust, pollen and other unwanted particles that can impact health and the dusting you need to do. What is the best way to Spring Clean Your Indoor Air?
- An automatic standby generator can sense an outage and respond immediately. There are no extension cords to plug in, gas tanks to fill or switches to flip.
- Find out if these types of energy-efficient water heaters are right for your home.
- CR also explains personal carbon footprints; the dark side of compact fluorescent light bulbs.
- According to DOE’s Building America program data, typical, residential ductwork efficiency is about 67%. That means that if you install a 90% efficient furnace, your system efficiency would be just over 60%. Another way to look at this is that ducts lose 25–40% of the energy that moves through them. Just from a practical standpoint it makes sense to improve the delivery system. Shorter, straighter, better engineered and installed ductwork will improve delivery efficiency.
- The net cost of owning a green home can be comparable to that of owning a conventional home – sometimes even less.
- Few topics generate as much passion, and as much heated controversy, as the potential health effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs).
- An energy mortgage increases a consumer’s buying power.
- Just as we are seeing a need for a more holistic approach to medicine, we need to start looking at houses in a holistic manner.
- How the "color" of LED light is improving.
- The National Green Building Standard (ICC 700-2008) for all residential construction work including single-family homes, apartments and condos, land development and remodeling and renovation has been approved by the American National Standards Institute.
- All life on earth is supported by the sun. It is the basic resource not only for photovoltaics, but all solar energy systems.
- Energy auditors may use thermography—or infrared scanning—to detect thermal defects and air leakage in building envelopes.
- Typical duct systems lose 25 to 40 percent of the heating or cooling energy put out by the central furnace, heat pump, or air conditioner.
- What is known about tight construction, why it is a good idea, and how it is integral to systematic house design and construction.
- Most people have heard that tight houses cause indoor air pollution. Actually, this represents a simplistic view of the problem. Tight construction is, in reality, part of the solution. This article explains why.
- Going green may be easier than you think.
- What you need to know about LEED for Homes.
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