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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - 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.
- An energy mortgage increases a consumer’s buying power.
- 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.
- Going green may be easier than you think.
- What you need to know about LEED for Homes.
- UL Environment Inc. was created in response to the increase demand for environmentally sustainable products, and its services will help industries and the public make sense of "green" claims while helping manufacturers maintain transparency and credibility in the marketplace.
- Can your house breathe?
- How to make homes tight and ventilate right.
- The basic building block of solar power explained.
- Find out how to tell whether a product or action is \"green\" or not.
- Training in the whole-house approach to home performance gives contractors the ability to save lives as well as energy.
- Web site allows consumers to calculate how their personal energy use contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution.
- By heating water only when it\'s needed, ENERGY STAR qualified gas tankless water heaters cut water heating expenses by 30%, while also providing continuous hot water delivery.
- Sheep wool insulation has an R-value of approximately 3.5 to 3.8 per inch of material thickness 0.3 to 0.6 points higher than fiberglass, cellulose, or mineral wool.
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