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About This e-Book
This e-book is a companion to your Home Energy Report your home inspector provided you. The book can show you how easy it is to reduce your energy use at home, including tips you can use today. There...
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Your Home’s Energy Use
Your home uses energy every day, all day long. To understand where energy is being used in your home, refer back to your Home Energy Report provided to you by your home inspector. It uses energy to...
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What Is a Home Energy Report?
It takes a lot of energy to heat, cool, and operate a home. Most home buyers have no idea how much it will cost them to operate their home once they move in. Current homeowners do not fully understand...
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Start Saving Energy and Money Today
Did You Know…? If every American home replaced just one light bulb with a light bulb that’s earned the ENERGY STAR label, we would save enough energy to light 3 million homes for a year, save about...
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Heat Loss from a House
A picture is worth…in this case, lost heating dollars. This thermal photo shows heat entering a bathroom shower ceiling during those expensive summer cooling months. The white, yellow and red colors...
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Should I Insulate My Home?
Insulate your home when: You have an older home and haven’t added insulation. Only 20% of homes built before 1980 are well-insulated. You are uncomfortably cold in the winter or hot in the summer....
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Air Leaks and Energy Loss
Sealing Air Leaks Warm air leaking into your home during the summer and out of your home during the winter can waste a lot of your energy dollars. One of the quickest dollar-saving tasks you can...
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Heating and Cooling Systems
Although several different types of fuels are available to heat our homes, almost half of us use natural gas. Click to enlarge. Heating and cooling your home uses more energy and drains more energy...
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Ducts
One of the most important systems in your home, though it’s hidden beneath your feet and over your head, may be wasting a lot of your energy dollars. Your home’s duct system, a branching network of...
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Heat Pumps
Click to enlarge. Heat pumps are the most efficient form of electric heating in moderate climates, providing three times more heating than the equivalent amount of energy they consume in electricity....
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Solar Heating and Cooling
Using passive solar design techniques to heat and cool your home can be both environmentally friendly and cost-effective. Passive solar heating techniques include placing larger insulated windows on...
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Natural Gas and Oil Heating Systems
If you plan to buy a new heating system, ask your local utility or state energy office for information about the latest technologies available to consumers. They can advise you about more efficient...
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Air Conditioners
Sizing is important for both room and central air-conditioning systems, which need to be sized by professionals. Buying a bigger room air-conditioning unit won’t necessarily make you feel more...
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Keep Your Energy Bills Out of Hot Water
Water heating is the third largest energy expense in your home. It typically accounts for about 15% of your utility bill. There are four ways to cut your water heating bills: use less hot water, turn...
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Windows
Windows can be one of your home’s most attractive features. Windows provide views, daylighting, ventilation, and solar heating in the winter. Unfortunately, they can also account for up to 25% of your...
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Solar-Powered Outdoor Lighting
Solar-Powered Outdoor Lighting Installing solar lighting around your home and garden is quick and easy to install, with an added bonus—no wires or electricity costs! You have many options for using...
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Low-Cost and No-Cost Ways to Save Energy
Here are several do-it-yourself tips to save energy right now, including easy low-cost and no-cost ways to save energy. Install a programmable thermostat to lower utility bills and manage your heating...
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