How Much Energy Do Conservation Measures Save?

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

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How Much Energy Do Conservation Measures Save?
While the advantages of using solar panels on your home are many, getting there is a 3-phase process.
1.    Conservation
2.    Efficiency Measures
3.    Add Solar panels
Our family’s goal to focus on phase-one, conservation practices, for one year is over. We began the implementation of conservation practices (not [...]

Home Energy Conservation Challenge – Follow Up

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Home Energy Conservation Challenge –
Follow Up
Here’s a follow-up tip for those of you who completed or are currently working the Energy Challenge.
Note: If you are here for the first time, you can find how this challenge works here. Please join in and begin reducing your electric bills today!
If you have taken the action steps explained [...]

Home Energy Conservation Challenge – Week 6

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Home Energy Conservation Challenge – Week 6

Welcome to the final week, week 6, of the Home Energy Conservation Challenge! If you’re here for the first time, you can find how this challenge works here.
If you have taken the action steps explained in the previous five (5) weeks of the Energy Challenge, you know or have [...]

Home Energy Conservation Challenge – Week 5

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Home Energy Conservation Challenge – Week 5
Welcome to this week’s Home Energy Conservation Challenge! If you’re here for the first time, you can find how this challenge works here.
If you have implemented the simple, quick, action steps explained in the previous four (4) weeks of the Energy Challenge, you know or have these things:

How many [...]

Home Energy Conservation Challenge – Week 4

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Home Energy Conservation Challenge – Week 4
Welcome to this week’s Home Energy Conservation Challenge! If you’re here for the first time, you can find how this challenge works here.
If you’ve been taking the action steps in the first three (3) weeks of the Energy Challenge, you would know or have these things:
1.    How many kilowatt-hours [...]

Home Energy Conservation Challenge – Week 3

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Home Energy Conservation Challenge – Week 3
Welcome to this week’s Home Energy Conservation Challenge! If you’re here for the first time, you can find how this challenge works here.
If you’ve participated in the first two (2) weeks and taken the action steps, you should know or have these four (4) things:
1.    How many kilowatt-hours your [...]

Home Energy Conservation Challenge – Week 2

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Home Energy Conservation Challenge –      Week 2
Welcome to this week’s Home Energy Conservation Challenge! If you’re here for the first time, you can find how this challenge works here.
Remember our grocery shopping analogy from last week? If not, here it is again:
Imagine that you go to the grocery store every week, pick up all the [...]

Home Energy Conservation Challenge – Week 1

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Simple Home Solar Energy’s Home Energy Conservation Challenge – Week 1
Welcome to this week’s Home Energy Conservation Challenge! If you’re here for the first time, you can find how this challenge works here.
We’ll start our challenge today with a grocery shopping analogy.

Imagine that you go to the grocery store every week, pick up all the [...]

Home Energy Conservation Challenge 2009

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Home Energy Conservation Challenge 2009
Welcome to the Home Energy Conservation Challenge! Here are the details.
Each week on Wednesday, I post simple steps of an energy conservation strategy. Please note the focus of these monthly posts will be on home energy conservation. Although energy conservation while driving, traveling, shopping, eating, etc, are important, our focal point [...]