by Kathleen Seide | Jan 25, 2011 | Energy Efficiency
If you have narrowed down your home search to a handful of homes you like it is time to start digging deeper. Have another look at each of the homes and while you are there take a few minutes to do a quick pre-inspection to look for potential problems. Some easy to...
by Kathleen Seide | Jul 14, 2010 | Energy Efficiency
You may want to make some “green” updates to your home and not know where to start. An energy audit is a great way to find out where your home is leaking energy and focus on the items with the biggest improvements first. I found a good resource for tips...
by Kathleen Seide | Jul 8, 2010 | Energy Efficiency
Tip #5: Plug home electronics, such as TVs and DVD players, into power strips; turn the power strips off when the equipment is not in use (TVs and DVDs in standby mode still use several watts of power).
by Kathleen Seide | May 28, 2009 | Energy Efficiency
If you haven’t checked it out yet, GRU’s website has a ton of information if you spend the time to look around. Energy Survey After spending about 15 or 20 minutes answering their questions GRU produced a nice report for me about the energy consumption in...