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Home Energy Audit – Taking Action
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008Taking Action on a Home Energy Audit Having a professional home energy audit educated me about my home’s energy use. Energy wasters are easily invisible. Sometimes the invisible nature is due to an inability to see what’s in front of my face. Other times, the invisibility is due to leaks being hidden from site. This [...]
Home Energy Audit Moving Us Closer to Energy Efficiency
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Our Home Energy Audit Moves Us Closer to Energy Efficiency Energy efficiency is our mission at this stage of our solar home energy journey. The less energy we use, the less we will pay for a home solar energy system. There are steps in this process. Although some of these steps are costly, some are [...]
Home Energy Audit Continues…
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Energy Audit on My Heating and Air Conditioning Unit As you know, going solar remains our goal. Solar energy is good for the earth, that is, clean, abundant, and efficient. But if I need any other incentive for going solar, it would be the energy audit on my heating and air conditioning system. According to [...]
Final Tip from Hot Water Heater Analysis
Friday, October 24th, 2008Final Tip from Hot Water Heater Analysis Now here’s the best energy efficient tip for my hot water heater. Install a timer on the heater. Set that timer to come on only to heat water when you need it. Our auditor sets his water heater timer to heat water only four hours each evening. This [...]
Home Energy Audit Continues
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008More Hot Water Heater Analysis The temperature setting for your hot water heater affects your utility bill. Manufacture setting may vary but a good temperature setting is around 120 degrees. What about added insulation to your hot water heater? Home Depot has nifty little insulated wraps to cover your water heater. My auditor said not [...]
More Home Energy Audit Results
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008More Home Energy Audit Results After checking our air conditioning and heating system, our energy auditor checked out the hot water heater. The serial number told him the water heater is 12 years old. Not bad for our area. Hard water deposits can reduce the life-span of a typical hot water heater to 10 years. [...]
The Road to Solar Home Energy
Friday, October 17th, 2008Home Energy Audit Results According to my energy provider, in our area, air conditioning and heating account for 50% of a home’s energy bill. So it made sense that our home energy auditor first looked at our air conditioning/heating system. He made sure the air conditioning unit was the correct size for our 1700 square [...]
Affordable Home Solar Tip Number One
Thursday, October 16th, 2008Affordable Home Solar Tip Number One Tip number one: Have a professional home energy audit. PEC, my local energy cooperative, provides free home energy audits to their customers. After calling the help line, I had an appointment within a week. The auditor who came was friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful. He spent almost two hours checking [...]
Professional Home Energy Audit
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008My Professional Home Energy Audit is Today! How energy efficient is your home? In earlier posts I have suggested having a home energy audit done to determine how energy efficient–or inefficient–your house is. Learning how to improve your house “envelope” is the first step to going solar. My do-it-yourself energy audit results were posted on [...]
Personal Home Energy Audit
Monday, September 8th, 2008Our Personal Home Energy Audit Results Reducing your home energy usage reduces the cost of any home solar energy system. The less energy you waste, the less your solar energy investment will be. Along with practicing good conservation habits, finding and eliminating the invisible energy wasters saves you money. Find where your home loses energy [...]
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