Home Efficiency

Improving the energy efficiency of your home is not about any single magic bullet solution. It requires taking a comprehensive look at the energy losses …

When we built our new home my wife designed the blueprints to allow for a bonus room upstairs. The extra space would be nice but …

I am in the process of finishing the interior of my garage and have been researching how to make it more energy efficient. If you …

Waterproof flickering flames without fire. No electrical wires to run. No maintenance. Just stick them in the ground and enjoy the ambiance. Sounds great, right? …

When I built my current house, I decided to splurge on some smart home devices. I have continously added to my arsenal and am extremely …

I receive a lot of questions on air-sealing a home. I’m no expert but I have certainly done my research and invested a lot of …

When building my new home I researched options for making the structure as energy efficient as possible. At the same time, I needed to work …

I had heard about phantom energy, also called vampire energy, for some time but I never really knew if it was a real thing. And …

At this very moment, energy is being lost in your home. Money is literally seeping out through inefficiencies in your home’s thermal envelope and being …

There was a time when a device’s energy consumption was easy to understand and estimate. When you turned a device off, it was truly “off” …