Attic and Ceiling Insulation in your Home
If the attic lacks an appropriate vapor barrier, the most efficient way of insulating it is blowing in 18 inches of fiberglass or cellulose.
If the attic lacks an appropriate vapor barrier, the most efficient way of insulating it is blowing in 18 inches of fiberglass or cellulose.
A home that is over ten years old is unlikely to incorporate many energy-saving features in its original design. Nevertheless, there is no need to despair, to tear down and rebuild or to move out of your home. Rather, the home can be reviewed systematically in its entirety before determining how to stretch those renovation dollars for some good energy savings upgrades.
The Energy Guide program was created to assist in the rating of "white goods", but what about smaller items and electronics which have no such label program?
Frankly, it’s not normal to carry around an energy meter when you’re shopping for electrical appliances.
There aren’t many people who would be content with a home that is not equipped with major electrical appliances, entertainment systems and computers. It isn’t wrong to have and enjoy a large-screen TV (unless you watch it the whole day!) or air conditioning. Using the energy to run the equipment is not the issue. The issue is purchasing inefficient models and, worse still, employing polluting and non-renewable resources to run them.
As gasoline prices jump yet again, for perhaps the tenth time this year, many people are planning to reduce driving. There may be a few who will toy with the idea of trading in their Hummer for a less gas-hungry vehicle. Family budgets get tighter as the cost of living increases from taxes, repayments of mortgages or loans, home energy bills, and vehicle maintenance and usage.
The incandescent light bulb is one of the inventions that has impacted our lives most. Before Thomas Edison’s discovery of electricity in 1879, it was pointless staying up after sundown.
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