As it gets hot during the summer, most homeowners look for cost-savings methods. Attempts to lower your utility bills while staying cool at home can be frustrating. Review these ideas to stay comfortable while reducing the bills for keeping your …
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From Guest Blogger Lizzie Weakly: Five Ways Your Home Could Be Wasting Electricity and How to Fix Them
Homes waste a lot of electricity. This results in costly utility bills each month. Even worse, it can create a negative impact on the environment. Electricity doesn’t work through magic. Instead, creating that energy often requires the destruction of finite …
Tagged with: Appliances, electricity, energy efficiency, energy savings, energy waste, lights, maintenance, smart lighting, thermostat
From Guest Blogger Emily Folk: How to Lower the Costs of Residential Renewable Energy
Most eco-conscious people want to find ways to save energy and reduce their carbon footprint. You can make efforts to reduce the amount of energy you use by turning off lights, lowering your thermostat and making a conscious effort not …
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From Guest Blogger Amelia Atkins: How to Remodel Your Home and Remain Energy-Efficient
Home remodeling usually has one or two main goals. The first is to renovate the home and make it seem fresh and different once again. The second is to repair all the small imperfections that have been bothering you and …
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From Guest Blogger Lillian Connors: Rethinking Residential Electricity Use
Conserving electricity in a household has two major benefits: you get to decrease your utility bill, and you get to minimize your carbon footprint, effectively aiding in the preservation of the environment. Sounds like a great deal? That’s because it …
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From Guest Blogger Lizzie Weakley: The Comfort Zone–Five Smarter and Energy-Efficient Ways to Heat Your Home
If you have an older furnace, it’s likely costing you a fortune to maintain the temperature in your home. These older systems aren’t as energy efficient as newer models. There are even new technologies available that employ other smarter ways …
From Guest Blogger Lizzie Weakley: Five Energy-Efficient Solutions for Your Warehousing Business
(Editor’s Note: Pictured–the warehouse Mueller rented to store evidence against Trump.) The push is for businesses to become more energy efficient across all industries. This has the benefit of saving you money as well as an improved image with your …
From Guest Blogger Dimitris Papadoupolos: Energy Efficiency — Three Ways UK Homes and Businesses Can Make Improvements
The UK National Grid recently issued a warning that Britain is facing a gas shortfall. But while the nation transitions from fossil fuels to clean energy over the coming decades, shortages can be mitigated by making commercial and residential buildings …
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From Guest Blogger Lillian Connors: Sustainable Solutions That Every New Home Build Needs
The process often seems daunting and intimidating at first, especially if you’re thinking of building a sustainable home and embracing a greener lifestyle. The reasons to choose self-sustainable living are numerous – ethical, environmental, financial and practical. The primary benefit …
Tagged with: energy efficiency, solar power, sustainable homes, sustainable solutions, water conservation
From Guest Blogger Emily Folk: Eco-Friendly Disaster Recovery
Natural disasters impact everyone. Whether you live in earthquake-prone California, Tornado Alley or snowbound New England, severe weather is one step away from becoming a natural disaster at any time. Given the possibility of an emergency, it is important to …
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