Your Furnace’s Best Friend

Your Furnace’s Best Friend

Why Replacing Furnace Filters Matters at the Change of Season When the weather turns cold, your furnace becomes one of the most important systems in your home.  Keeping it healthy and efficient starts with one simple habit: replacing the furnace filter. Why the...
Cooling Down Upstairs

Cooling Down Upstairs

How to Keep Your Upstairs Cool—Without Freezing Out the Downstairs Smart strategies to solve one of summer’s most common comfort problems. You know the feeling: it’s a sweltering August night, and your upstairs bedroom feels like a sauna. So, you drop the...
There Should Be a Holiday

There Should Be a Holiday

Some inventors change the world quietly. They don’t become household names. They don’t land on postage stamps. But they do transform our daily lives—and in the case of one young engineer, make the hottest days bearable, the sleepless nights tolerable, and the modern...
Cost-cutting Part 2

Cost-cutting Part 2

With a recent rate increase baked into your utility bill, yet another is pre-heating in the oven, proposed for next spring.  Part 1 of this series highlighted how to improve home cooling efficiency and comfort (click here to review it).  In Part 2, let’s take a...
Cost-cutting Part 1

Cost-cutting Part 1

A 13% electric rate is proposed for next spring on top of a recent one. Aside from turning off lights when you leave the room, what can be done to reduce the impact on your budget?   Top three energy users are heating, cooling, and hot water (according to the U.S....