Landscaping is a natural and beautiful way to keep your home cool in summer and reduce your energy bills. In addition to adding aesthetic value and environmental quality to your home, a well-placed tree, shrub, or vine can deliver effective shade, act as a windbreak, and reduce overall energy bills. Carefully positioned trees can save [...]
Heating and cooling your home uses more energy and drains more energy dollars than any other system in your home. Typically, 61% of your utility bill goes for heating and cooling. What’s more, heating and cooling systems in the United States together emit over a half billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each [...]
Should I Insulate My Home? The answer is probably “yes” if you: • Have an older home and haven’t added insulation. Only 20% of homes built before 1980 are well insulated. • Are uncomfortably cold in the winter or hot in the summer— adding insulation creates a more uniform temperature and increases comfort. • Build [...]
Tips to Save Energy Today • Set your thermostat comfortably low in the winter and comfortably high in the summer. Install a programmable thermostat that is compatible with your heating system. • Use compact fluorescent light bulbs. • Air dry dishes instead of using your dishwasher’s drying cycle. • Turn off your computer and monitor [...]
4 Easy Ways to Get Traffic with Social Sites Social sites like Twitter, Facebook, and StumbleUpon have become hot and are getting hotter all the time. Both online and offline businesses are jumping into social marketing – and for a good reason. It works. To push past your competition, you’ll want to continually build [...]
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