March 2012 Blog Posts (23)
Home Energy Audit With a Hole in the Wall
Why is there a heating register 4 feet up on the wall?
by Don Ames, www.detectenergy.com
In my last article, I spoke about a home energy audit and the hot tub on the back deck. Remember, it was a manufactured home with a great deck overlooking a roaring hillside stream. Next door, the neighbors were the countryside recyclers, at least I suppose that's what they might call themselves.
Personally, I think I would call them by a…
ContinueAdded by Don Ames on March 1, 2012 at 11:30pm — No Comments
Folk Labels and Home Energy
You’ve almost certainly seen them: a yellow Post-it on the thermostat or a brief note scribbled near the water heater controls, or perhaps a dog-eared card taped to the clothes washer. These are reminders to ourselves (or visitors) about how to operate the device. We call them “folk labels” so as to distinguish them from “official labels,” such as the EnergyGuide, UL, Energy Star, or other information provided by the manufacturer.…
ContinueAdded by Home Energy Magazine on March 1, 2012 at 3:38pm — 3 Comments
Accuweather's secret home energy efficiency function...
... shhh, don't tell ! I recently ran across this functionality on Accuweather, after doing a google search for something or other:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/new-york-ny/10007/home-energy-efficiency/349727
If you click on the about button, you essentially get a zero explanation. Monitoring it for several days, it seems to prioritize sunniness, then temperature, then who…
ContinueAdded by Tom Delconte on March 1, 2012 at 6:57am — 2 Comments
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