home improvement

By now everyone knows you can swap out your lightbulbs and change your filters to save money. But there are some newer technologies to help 'green' up your home.

The New York Times covers chlorine alternatives for swimming pools.  Swimming pool chlorine can be harsh on your skin and often requires a lot of maintenance.  Many in the pool industry still believe that chlorine is the best option, but there are a number of chlorine substitutes coming to the market that provide a greener alternative.

I cut my energy bill in half since I bought my house 10 years ago. The first year I lived there my energy bill was over $1400 per year for my all electric house. I got it down to about $700 two years ago before the price of electricity jumped 20% in January of 2007.

I am constantly looking for new ideas to cut energy costs. Here is a list of the methods I have used to achieve this. Everything I have done so far has been simple and low cost solutions that I could do myself.

Yesterday I was spending Mothers Day with my mom when a light bulb went out in her dining room light. "I'm going to have to run to the store tomorrow to get some more. It seems like we're going through a bulb a week anymore."

Sure, you want to save the environment, but saving money is high on the list, too. Tune up your home with these five easy projects and you'll have utility bills worth flaunting.

I look forward to the day when our children and grandchildren look at us like we are idiots when we tell them that once we had to keep 40+ gallons of water heated 24/7/365 just "in case" we needed it. Also check out this comparison / review of different tankless water heater brands: http://www.comparethebrands.com/compare/90

The first in a series of articles about a home owners attempt to reduce the heat buildup in the home's south facing rooms due to the large windows along the south walls. As the article describes and shows with the pictures, even with ENERGY STAR rated windows recently installed the heat buildup is significant (and this is jus the winter time). As well, the sun is not blocked very much by the current interior window shades. This should be interesting.

Saving money around the house is a snap with these eco-friendly tips... just in time for Earth Day!

What if your mortgage lender offered to help you finance some simple improvements to your new, or existing, home that would improve its overall efficiency and at the same time reduce your energy bill so that even with the additional mortgage expense, you still came out ahead each month?If this scenario sounds like something you’d like to pursue, you may want to learn more about Energy Efficient Mortgages, also known as EEMs, and find out if they could be an approp

Health risks from old home restorations.

This site contains the series of articles about an average home owner's experience with the energy audit report received on their home. These articles include the actual graphs, charts, recommendations, and so on from the actual report as well as hte home owner's reaction.

This really is tremendous reading and should encourage all home owners to stop procrastinating and have an energy audit on their own home. It also reminds all of us of the many different ways that everyone can conserve energy usage.

Article on a home owner's experience with the ecoENERGY Grant program.

In this article, the graph showing the estimated heat loss from the different areas of the home is shows and discussed.

This is the 3rd in a 15+ series of articles on a real home owner's experience with the ecoENERGY Grant program.

In this article, the home owner continues his discussion of the EnerGuide rating received from the Energy Efficiency Evaluation Report as part of his participation in this program.

This is a fun interactive map that shows all the residential solar installations in San Francisco. Take a look at the San Francisco Solar Map, and find out who is putting in solar, while getting a number of interesting solar facts at the same time!