Home Energy magazine

The most extensive lighting monitoring study ever indicates that lights in living rooms, kitchens, and outdoors get the most use.

In a residential lighting retrofit, how much energy can be saved with current technology? The Florida Solar Energy Center decidedto find out by retrofitting every lamp in a Miami home.

A new method of duct testing can quickly measure leakage flow with just a digital manometer, a pressure pan, a blower door, and some newspaper. This method is being considered as a standard procedure by ASHRAE and some home energy rating systems.

Once the energy retrofitter has mastered the energy aspects of choosing a new window, it's time to focus on installing it correctly and ensuring that the window meets building codes.

On the cover: That bright light you see may not be a brilliant idea. Halogen torchieres such as this can cook an egg in three minutes--and can boost your energy bill as well. Photo courtesy of Chris Calwell.