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Masonry Heaters are Massively Comfy
You enter the house on a winter’s evening, remove your wet boots and coat. In your living room, there are a few pieces of split, dry firewood, ready to burn. You open the ...
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Do New Baseboard Thermostats Save Energy?
Higher quality electronic line voltage thermostats (ELVTs) have been available for several years. Most models indicate temperature in degrees, and they're touted as energy savers. But how well do they work? [continue reading]
Fireplace Pilots Take Gas Use Sky High
In the past few years, sales of convenient, clean-burning gas fireplaces have increased dramatically. [continue reading]
Heat Pumps and Manufactured Homes: Making the Marriage Work
In my job as the factory-built home specialist for North Carolina's Alternative Energy Corporation (AEC), I have been crawling under, in, and around manufactured homes for the last dozen years, looking for causes of, and solutions to, building energy problems. [continue reading]
Do You Dig Ground Source Heat Pumps?
Workers begin installation of the underground coil for a ground source heat pump. The coil will be laid out in a horizontal configuration. [continue reading]
Unvented Gas Space Heaters: Drainless Sinks?
The other day I went to the building supply store looking for materials for my kitchen remodel. [continue reading]
Radiator Valves Prevent Apartment Overheating
Energy auditors cringe when they see open windows cooling off overheated apartments on cold days. By preventing apartment overheating, thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs) can cost-effectively reduce space heating energy use, according to a recent study in New York City. [continue reading]
Choosing a Heating System That Saves Energy
When something must be done about an old or inefficient heating system, the challenge can be daunting. The decision will affect comfort, energy costs, and the air quality and safety of a home for years to come. [continue reading]
Oh, How I Wish You Could Have Seen ISH!
If you've ever pulled into a gas station in Europe, you know these folks are serious about energy conservation. [continue reading]
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Is Energy Efficiency an American Value?
Energy efficiency is good for the economy, good for families, good for workers, and good for the environment.
