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As the world becomes more concerned about reducing carbon emissions, burning fossil fuels, and reducing fuel consumption, the efficiency of the residential energy system becomes critical.

For the home owner energy efficiency can be increased by replacing aging appliances with energy star rated appliances, adding thresholds to doorways and sealing other areas of the home that may allow air flow in from the outside.

Replacement windows with double or triple pane glass, ultra violet filtration and working seals will add significantly to the war on energy efficiency. Using blinds or motorized shades on your windows can keep your home energy efficient.

Blogs on energy efficiency may include information on government rebates for increasing home energy efficiency and ways to improve the overall use of fuel consumed. Many cover step by step home construction projects for helping homeowners to save money and the environment.

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  • DOE Report Shows Energy-Saving Lighting Making an Impact


    Daily clean energy briefing from eBoom — Authority Authority: 116
    CFL light tube, courtesy Germes Online The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Solid-State Lighting Program, which operates under the auspices of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, or EERE, released its second report on the country’s logistical fixed lighting architecture ...
    3 hours ago

  • Pike Research: Building Energy Management Systems to Reach $6B by 2020


    Daily clean energy briefing from eBoom — Authority Authority: 116
    Energy Star-certified building, Smithsonian headquarters, image courtesy Smithsonian.com Pike Research , a global consulting firm, has issued a new report noting that global revenues from building energy management systems are expected to rise almost 14 percent, year over year, through the end of ...
    1 day ago

  • Long Island Town Pioneers Closed-Loop, Pollution-Free Wind Power-Hydrogen Fuel System


    CleanTechnica — Authority Authority: 639
    Photo courtesy Town of Hempstead Outside of New York City on Long Island, the town of Hempstead is the site for a small, though novel, experiment in closed-loop clean energy production, storage and use. There, a 100-kilowatt (kW) “state-of-the-art” wind turbine is being used to generate electricity sufficient to ...
    1 day ago

  • PPG Industries has unveiled a new product Sungate 600 glass. This is a passive, low-emissivity glass. This will help homes in colder regions to retain heat


    Sustainability and Green Initiatives — Authority Authority: 130
    PPG Industries has unveiled a new product Sungate 600 glass. This is a passive, low-emissivity glass. This will help homes in colder regions to retain heat. The glass has a pyrolitic coating. This is bonded with the glass while it is still molten.
    2 days ago

  • LED bulbs get their own spotlight at CES


    Paternal Prose — Authority Authority: 146
    Samsung’s LED lineup. Along with Vizio, Panasonic, Toshiba and now RCA, the company is getting into LED lighting. (Credit:Screen capture by Martin LaMonica/CNET) Consumer electronics companies are muscling into lighting with LEDs. RCA said today at CES that it will manufacture LED bulbs as part of a larger home ...
    2 days ago

  • Five Energy Efficiency Tips for the Bleak Midwinter


    Radiator Centre Ltd News Blog — Authority Authority: 85
    As Britain shivers through the winter months, heating bills inevitably rise – and for many people rise sharply. Nobody likes the thought of a big bill at the end of the quarter, but keeping warm in winter is a necessity. Luckily there are ways and means to get the most out of your boiler and radiators in the ...
    2 days ago

  • Green Home Insulation Scheme in UK Not So Green


    CleanTechnica — Authority Authority: 639
    The current UK government has declared its ambition to be the greenest UK government ever. However, one of its key campaigns to achieve this could actually be doing more harm than good. The government’s green scheme was to be a brand-new loan scheme designed to help British households afford proper insulation of ...
    3 days ago

  • Toward a More Energy Efficient Food System


    Green Fork Blog — Authority Authority: 105
    It’s important to understand the many interconnections between the food and energy sectors in order to make good consumer choices and develop prudent public policy. A recent Scientific American article by Michael E. Webber makes a big contribution to this effort by examining the food system through the “lens ...
    3 days ago

  • The Cost of Going Green


    Queen of Easy Green — Authority Authority: 99
    According to recent press reports, ‘going green’ is set to cost the average household up to £110 within the next decade. This cost will go towards developing new sources of renewable energy such as nuclear power, hydro electricity and wind turbines. At the same time, the government believes that the average ...
    4 days ago

  • Great video about energy efficiency program in EKY


    KFTC Blog — Authority Authority: 413
    Here is a great example of what New Power looks like in Kentucky! Check out this video from our friends at Appalshop . It features a new program called How$mart that makes energy efficiency upgrades affordable and doable for customers of rural electric co-ops in eastern Kentucky. The video describes how the Big ...
    4 days ago

  • The Dishwashing Water Smack-down


    Green Baby Guide — Authority Authority: 406
    My husband and I have a recurring “discussion” (I wouldn’t classify it as an argument or even disagreement, really) about proper dishwasher use. When we first had a dishwasher installed over two years ago now, I did a lot of research. These wonder appliances clean better and more efficiently than even the most ...
    4 days ago

  • Fears over green building standard for new schools


    The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority Authority: 962
    UK Green Building Council and Aldersgate Group urge Education Secretary not to scrap BREEAM requirement for new schools Businesses have made a last-ditch attempt to prevent the Education Secretary scrapping a rule requiring new schools to meet the globally recognised BRE Environmental Assesment Method (BREEAM) ...
    5 days ago

  • Clean Energy Events Listing: Austria, Germany, South Africa, UK & USA


    reegle Blog — Authority Authority: 98
    I’m just back at my desk after an intensive week at the impressive World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. Thanks to our friends over at IRENA for hosting REEEP on their (well-positioned!) stand. We also took the opportunity to hold a workshop on how Linked Open Data can support Clean Energy development. Don’t ...
    5 days ago

  • US energy production to soar


    Thaindian News — Authority Authority: 534
    Washington, Jan 24 (IANS) US oil and natural gas production is expected to increase substantially, according to estimates reported Monday.The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) issued the Annual Energy Outlook early release Monday, which expected domestic oil and natural gas production to increase ...
    1 week ago

  • Brand Innovation: Its Apple on Wheels


    Features — Authority Authority: 115
    by Marc Stoiber The internal combustion engine is one of the few remaining things most carmakers actually make. In many cases, the powertrain is the only real fingerprint that sets one manufacturer apart from the other. Bye bye, fingerprint. With the incipient rise of the electric vehicle, carmakers are scrambling ...
    1 week ago

  • Go Green with this Winter’s Savings


    HVAC 4 U — Authority Authority: 97
    Though the snow may be falling now, so far this winter has been very mild by comparison to years past. This has left many homeowners with much fuller pockets than usual and that money needs to be put to good use. That means that we need to find good investments to ensure that this money is well spent. Investing ...
    1 week ago

  • Chevrolet Volt – a new breed of electric vehicles


    Queen of Easy Green — Authority Authority: 99
    It was only a few years ago, that to many people the thought of owning an electric car was as improbable as eating a full course meal in the shape of a tablet. It was an idea more at home in the storylines of futuristic TV shows than everyday life, however, this is no longer the case. With new government incentives ...
    1 week ago

  • Cathlamet HVAC Contractor’s Efficiency Tips


    Portland, OR Heating & Air Conditioning Blog | Cavalry Heating & Cooling — Authority Authority: 102
    Before you decide which upgrades will make your Cathlamet home more efficient, it would be best to get a home energy audit. You can do this yourself with a few simple tests, or you can hire a professional auditor. The auditor will use advanced equipment and techniques, such as blower doors and infrared cameras, to ...
    1 week ago

  • Guest Blog: Solar Sister #3


    Global Conversations: Climate Blog — Authority Authority: 102
    Solar Sister Energy Access & Health Matters Series: What has women and girl’s health to do with clean energy? Did you know that energy poverty has a female face? Women and girls in villages, small towns and shanty dwellings dispersed across the length and breadth of Asia, Africa and Latin America live with ...
    1 week ago

  • Smart Grid Trends to Watch for in 2012


    The Daily Energy Report — Authority Authority: 110
      Aging grid infrastructure, rising energy costs and demand, and new and pending government legislation are some of the factors motivating consumers and utilities alike to seek more energy efficient, sustainable solutions. Smart grid technologies are the key to addressing these challenges and bringing energy ...
    1 week ago

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