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Getting the Most from Your Fan
Ceiling fans are one of the most popular and generally well regarded of all home energy efficiency features. [continue reading]

Those Wild Ducts in Your Walls
More than three-fifths of the households in the U.S. heat or cool their homes with ducted forced air systems, so chances are good that air ducts are lurking within your walls, floors, or ceilings. [continue reading]

How to get Shading Right
Recent improvements to window technology make substantial air conditioning energy savings possible. However, shading remains a time-tested method to accomplish the same end. [continue reading]

The Energy Penalty of Poor Duct Design
A home with a poor duct system can't be energy efficient no matter how tight or well-insulated it is. [continue reading]

Ground Source Heat Pumps Dig In
Ground source heat pumps (sometimes called geothermal heat pumps, Geo-Exchange Systems, or GHPs) most often exchange heat with the ground by means of a ground heat exchanger. [continue reading]

Cool Home Features Bring Peak Energy Savings
To test the feasibility of building new single-family homes that cut air conditioning use to a minimum, researchers here at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) recently built a 2,425 ft2 home in central Florida using many proven energy-saving building strategies, along with a 4 kW photovoltaic (PV) array that could meet most of the home's daytime electrical demand. [continue reading]

Ventilation/Cooling Method Needs User Input
Many U.S. homebuilders and buyers view compressor cooling as a necessity, even in mild climates. But the widespread use of compressor cooling causes several problems, especially in warmer regions like the West Coast. [continue reading]

Finding the Whole-House Fan That Fits
Whole-house fans cool homes very efficiently in many parts of the country. But they have come under fire for creating leaks into the attic, causing potential depressurization problems, and being noisy. [continue reading]



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Energy efficiency is good for the economy, good for families, good for workers, and good for the environment.


