The Importance of an Energy Audit, Using Infrared Imaging
Energy audits are even more effective with an infrared scanner.
John Bell’s Green Home — Host of World’s Greenest Homes Greens His Own Home
As the host of season 2 of The World’s Greenest Homes, John Bell traveled the world touring the world’s greenest homes, speaking to the owners, builders and designers about the homes and what made them decide to build more sustainable housing. The...
Energy Efficiency — Creating and Implementing an Action Plan
I’ve written many articles on energy efficiency, and read a lot on it as well, where I’ve always gotten frustrated are the uncoordinated tips that are given about improving your home’s energy efficiency. “Buy this super duper auto shut-off...A Do-It-Yourself Plug and Lighting Load (Electricity) Audit
In a previous post I discussed the importance of benchmarking your electricity use. Benchmarking helps you understand how much electricity you are currently consuming, as well as your usage history. Now we want to figure out where we consume it. A Do it Yourself Home...Benchmarking Your Electricity Use: The First Step to Conserving
With Central Air Conditioning Season well underway, I thought it was a good time to produce a series of articles about how to reduce your electricity use. This article is the first in a series on “how to” reduce your electricity use. In this case I’m...Hey, Prime Minister Harper! What do you mean you cancelled the Eco Energy Retrofit Grant???
The Canadian Federal Government’s ecoEnergy Retrofit grant has been cancelled as of March 31, 2010.
Putting the Kill A Watt to work to detect phantom power loads
Want to know how much power your electronics use even when they’re turned off? I did, so I used the Kill A Watt to find out and then used a Smart Strip to reduce phantom load.
Benchmark Your Home’s Energy Consumption By Hiring an Energy Auditor
If you’re interested in cutting your home’s energy use (not to mention your monthly bills), you have to know where your energy is going in the first place, and much of it might be out the window (or through the door, roof or basement). An energy auditor can help you pinpoint your home’s worst insulated areas, discover air leaks and help determine your furnace’s efficiency rating so that you can figure out the best places to spend your money to make the biggest difference to your home’s overall use of energy.
