Where does your electric payment go?

In other words, what is the single biggest user of electricity in a typical home? Appliance % Usage Refrigerator 13.00% Air Conditioning 12.00% Electric Water Heating 11.00% Space heaters 11.00% Lighting 9.00% TV’s 3.00% (Source: US Department of Energy) As you can see, a typical sized single family home uses more electricity to run a […]

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Effectively cleaning your heat registers

There’s an argument to be made for cleaning your heat registers…actually, there’s several. First, there’s the energy argument. In theory, especially in forced air systems, air flow is reduced as heat or air registers become clogged and otherwise dirty. Anything that reduces airflow has the potential for jacking up your energy bills because the furnace […]

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