Dear Mr. Energy, Do I really have to change my home’s air filters every month? –A little bit lazy Dear Little bit, Yes. You do. Quit being lazy! It’s not very hard to do and it’s pretty cheap, and your home’s HVAC system will thank you for it. The air filters control the quality of [...]
Dear Mr. Energy, I want to make energy efficiency improvements to my house, but I have less than $1000 to work with. What can I do to make the biggest impact? –Champagne tastes on a beer budget Dear Champagne, You’re in luck! Between rebates, tax credits, and basic maintenance to your home’s systems, you can [...]
If you have Progress Energy as your power company I’d like to take a minute to break it down to you how much money you can save by getting a professional Energy Audit (which includes duct testing) and then having your ducts sealed. The prices I’m listing below depend on the house, the number of [...]
Mark, our energy auditor, recently did an audit on a fairly new, 3500 square foot house, whose owners reported unusually high energy costs. He did the audit and found that the house was pretty tight – HVAC ducts had fewer leaks than normal, and the attic was tight, as was the rest of the home’s [...]
As I mentioned in my last post, several local utilities are offering rebates and other incentives for becoming more energy efficient. The very best program available to people living in central North Carolina is through Progress Energy. We’re hoping that Duke Energy will follow (right now they’re offering rebates for heat pumps and AC units, [...]
Are your ducts leaking? Would you know it if they were? And who cares, anyway! Does it make that big of a difference? Um, yeah. It does. Here’s the deal: a huge amount of energy is lost through leaking duct work, but leaking duct work is probably the most ignored when people think about making [...]