Energy-efficient home tax breaks are back
Winter has already arrived in some parts of the country. Down here in Central Texas, we're expecting our first freeze this weekend ... you have, it also will mean higher utility bills. Electric-meter_gracey (2) We're pretty lucky ... electric air conditioning units that run almost nonstop during the triple-digit degree days of summer [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 21:00:54
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Vehicle Electrification Cost Effectiveness
Over the past few days my wife and I have been living without propane - due to a miscommunication between myself and the company that is supposed to ... Administration (EIA). Residential Commercial Industrial Transportation Electricity 6,688 3,898 ... at is residential automobile usage. Again from the EIA data but approximating 2008 fuel consumption [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 18:18:48
Big Lies From Big Oil
Drill Baby Drill By George Wuerthner You’ve seen them, waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store, you glance over like I do. Besides the latest tidbits on who is dating whom these days, or where the latest UFO’s have been sighted, there is usually a headline on the tabloid that proclaims fabulous weight loss on some fad diet [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 16:11:15
A Happy NYS Energy Story with a Twist
Today's New York Times has an article on one of my favorite aspects of New York State government: the work it does to reduce energy consumption, funded by the System Benefits Charge (SBC) and Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) on our electric ... of programs for reducing government, residential, and commercial energy consumption. I personally took [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 09:37:16
Diesel, gasoline or propane? Choosing the right home generator.
With winter coming, ice storms and blackouts occurring, the idea of purchasing a generator for home use is being considered by some as a means of maintaining at least a minimum of electrical appliances or utilities. The system may be as simple or as complex as desired with simple systems in the hundreds of dollars and more elaborate systems in [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 00:35:55
No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’
Hello everyone. The first thing I thought when I saw the title was “great, another uber insulated house that stays the right temperature, yet the occupants suffer through horrible air quality, including mold spores.”It would appear the experts have solved the old paradigm that too much insulation equals poor air quality. With the new [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 20:06:16
Save Money By Zone Heating
By Scott Workman Never has there been a better time to begin cutting back on monthly expenses ... the cooling system so the condensor runs less. Most residential thermostats have an “auto” and “fan” mode ... the air condtioning off, set the furnace to “fan” and allow the cooled air to circulate all day, without [more...]
Date: 2008-07-28 22:04:04
Passive Solar: Living Without Furnaces in the Cold
This is the kind of innovation that will be required around the world in short order. We love reading our Friends at Earth Family Alpha: they always have a positive outlook and make incredibly imaginative suggestions about how we can go forward, just as does this article [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 18:36:00
Green Home Office Tips
Green Home Office Tips Posted by homeBus on 12/14/08 in Business Owners of businesses both small and large are beginning to take interest in ... to your home. Get an energy efficient furnace, since you run it more during the day; insulate your home better to prevent heat loss; and consider green power sources such as solar electric systems [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 12:07:56
DrumBeat: January 16, 2009
Venezuela Says $70 Oil Needed to Maintain Investments (Bloomberg) -- Oil prices need to rise to about $70 a barrel to sustain investment in fields and avoid shortages, Venezuelan Energy and Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said. The South American country is discussing prices with other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 13:53:03
Job Earnings Statistics of US Census Bureau led by Law Occupations (Lawyers, Judges, Paralegals) at Twice the National Median Household Income
Have you ever thought about what an average lawyer, teacher, taxi driver or dishwasher earns? Is dishwashing really at the bottom of the earnings list from which there is nowhere to go but up to make one's millions? Indeed, what do people in the various jobs, occupations and professions in the United States actually earn? [more...]
Date: 2008-09-14 17:22:37
Next Winter's High Heating Costs Cause Consumers to Seek Relief Now; Homeowners Choose the Acadia to Save Money and End Reliance on Fossil Fuels Switching to the Acadia equals paying an average .75 per gallon for heating oil
BANGOR, Maine, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers who fear record costs to stay warm next winter will rob their savings and force tough financial ... from an oil furnace to the Acadia is the equivalent of paying about .75 per gallon for home heating oil ... . Recently, a Massachusetts couple living on a fixed income replaced their oil furnace with an [more...]
Date: 2008-06-16 18:27:50
Kohler Intelligent Transfer Switch Named a 2008 Most Innovative Product
PRLog (Press Release) – Dec 09, 2008 – The KOHLER Model RSB Intelligent Transfer Switch combines a home’s electrical cargo center with an automatic ... residential generators. “This adjudge reinforces Kohler’s ongoing commitment to being a leader ... residential generator, contractors can realize savings of $800 to $1,200 from reduced ceremony [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 11:44:26
Homeowners affected by Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008
Cancelled Mortgage Debt: Extended to include indebtedness discharged before January 1, 2013 ... , but is reinstated for expenditures made in 2009. The credit is equal to the sum of:• The amount of residential ... qualified natural gas, propane, or oil furnace or hot water boiler, and $300 for "qualified energy [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 06:24:00
Cleaning Coal - With A New Tax?
I know that I’ve mentioned this often, but it is always worth repeating, so that anybody reading for the first time can see the correlation. Coal is burned to boil water. The resultant steam drives a turbine. That turbine then drives a generator, and that produces the electricity we all use [more...]
Date: 2008-09-06 05:01:13
COLUMBIA'S QUIET: Sustainability Team
OK, class: raise your hand if you know what “absolute zero” means ... into the world of obtainable sustainability began when our 30-year-old Amana natural gas furnace ... our original Amana furnace those many years ago. He was representing Amana again, and they were offering a free [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 23:14:00
Cold weather tips for keeping your home safe
With temperatures dropping into ranges we aren’t accustomed to around here it’s time to review what should be done when it gets below freezing: ... : New law prompts significant change to residential burn bans Where there’s chimney smoke, there’ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 01:01:01
[News] Leaving Michigan families out in the cold
Still smarting over last year's $1.5 billion Democratic tax increase? ... % of the state's electric market under the changes. But wait, there's more. The package also shifts some fees away from businesses and directly onto residential consumers and imposes new tax hikes [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 11:54:36
Saving the Economy, One Furnace at a Time
by Paul Rogat Loeb Like most Americans, I’m guarding my dollars, ... take care of most of my hot water), and if I add in savings on my electric bill from the furnace’ ... but when my furnace died during Seattle’s coldest winter in decades, I needed to replace [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 01:29:27
DAT DIARIES: The Changing of Seasons
-By Bob Wade, DAT Night Team Leader/Supervisor–ARC of SE Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI. Thursday, October 30, 2008 Another week on call with the Milwaukee Disaster Action Team came to a quiet end at 5:30am this morning, with only three calls over the seven nights that we were at the ready. The Day Team had 5 fire calls [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 19:07:11
The Real Climate Deniers
From: http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/12/the_real_climate_deniers.htmlDecember 16, 2008ByBrian SussmanLast week, soon-to-be President Barack Obama met with former Vice President Al Gore to discuss global warming. In a brief presser following their closed-door rendezvous, Obama proclaimed, “the time for denial is over [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 02:49:08
Heads in the Sand
"Please, don't buy my product" is how fellow Vermonter Art Woolf, in a post on the Vermont Tiger site, characterized yesterday's statement by all 21 of the state's electric utilities. The utilities ... an electric space heater costs $20 (according to the WCAX story), this is a switch that many people [more...]
Date: 2008-06-26 23:57:01
Rise & Shine: January 5, 2009
The Rise & Shine is your daily source for all solar-industry news. Brought to you by Sweet Solar Home and the Experts at SunRun. CALIFORNIA NEWS Solar-Power Industry Remains Hot in California “While we don’t have the final numbers yet, it appears we nearly doubled the amount of solar installed in 2008 versus 2007, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 17:06:51
Michigan School Installs Corn Burning Furnace
The Merrill Community Schools of Michigan installed a corn burning furnace to provide heat to the middle school and high school as part of a 2006 ... in electric and gas," said Searles, who conservatively estimates at least $10,000 is attributed to the corn furnace. At the time that this system was planned and construction first began corn prices [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 20:16:41
Tax Credit for Home Energy Improvements is Back for 2009
On October 3, 2008, President Bush signed into law the “Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 ... , insulation, HVAC, and non-solar water heaters). Tax credits for these residential products, which ... and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Tax credits for builders of new energy efficient homes [more...]
Date: 2008-11-02 15:56:17
Living in a Small RV: Odds and Ends
I’m not cut out for these series. I write a couple posts and then start wanting to write about other stuff, but I’m already locked in ... a propane or electric water heater. Mine has electric, which is terrible. Right now it’s hot enough [more...]
Date: 2008-09-01 08:49:58
TD Bank, and How They Fucked Me.
I bank at Commerce bank, which was recently eaten by TD Banknorth. The new owners are some of the biggest assholes around, and I will explain why ... residence located in Philadelphia. Buildings may contain between one and four residential units (single [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 19:19:58
Passive Homes
Article in the New York Times about Passive Housing. With the European Parliament proposing that passive house standards become the norm by 2011, it’s probably safe to say that central Europe is way ahead of North America when it comes sustainable buildings [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 00:38:37
Honda Introduces New Micro CHP Deluxe System
American Honda Motor Company, Inc. introduced its all-new Micro-sized Combined Heat and Power (MCHP) ... automatic back-up power feature (a residential stand-by generator) that can provide back ... and a maximum of 1.8 kW of electric power, an improvement over Honda’s Standard MCHP system [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 22:36:29
A.Q.M., Inc. Proudly Serving The Delaware Valley
A.Q.M Inc specializes in heating, air conditioning, plumbing and electrical work ... of most of your plumbing needs. A.Q.M Inc also does air duct cleaning and air quality testing ... Cleaning Service · Humidifiers and Dehumidifier Systems · Maintenance and Service Contracts [more...]
Date: 2008-07-07 14:28:23
DrumBeat: January 14, 2009
Obama energy goal hard to meet: Bodman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will have a hard time significantly increasing America's alternative energy production, outgoing U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman said on Wednesday. As part of his economic stimulus plan, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 13:55:13
“Passive Houses” — Heating without furnaces, and other heat pump world news
“Passive Houses” — Heating without furnaces, and other heat pump world news Filed under Heat Pump News from across the World by admin Hey, ... with mold and stale air. A new air circulating system, in which cold air gong in is heated by the warm air going out, has solved this problem. But the sophisticated windows and heat-exchange ventilation [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 13:51:24
Greenhouse Heater Keeps Plants from Shivering on Cold Nights
flexi-furnace-greenhouse-heater.jpg The whole point to greenhouses is that they keep your plants warm, but that's only true during the day, ... for). For $130, you can pick up the electric Flexi Furnace greenhouse heater shown here. Just plug ... be enough heat for a residential greenhouse. Flexi Furnace Heater [more...]
Date: 2008-06-12 15:49:16
Crownsville Maryland Update 12/30/08
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO 802 FAIRRIDGE CROWNSVILLE, MD 21032 MLS #: AA6945114 $669,900 6 Bedrooms, 3 Full, 1 Half Bathrooms Upper level has 5 bedrooms or 4 bedrooms with a great bonus room. Bring your big toys…50′ rec room with built in media area and bar,Exercise room and full bath on lower level [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 13:45:25
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 19:07:00
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 19:06:55
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 14:06:14
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics ... black feedstock; carbon black; naphthalene, and furnace coke. Through its Railroad and Utility ... treatment products include utility poles for the electric and telephone utility industries. In October [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 19:06:18
Avista Sees Natural Gas Prices Mirror Record High Crude Oil Prices Natural gas prices now 74 percent higher than winter 2007-2008; upcoming winter heating costs will be impacted
SPOKANE, Wash., July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A dramatic rise in energy prices are making this year an especially challenging one for Avista as it continues to procure at the best prices possible the natural gas needed to serve customers during the upcoming 2008-2009 heating season [more...]
Date: 2008-07-04 00:29:12
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics ... equipment and filters. In the test and measurement products and services area, it provides, among other things, electronic diagnostic systems, specialty service tools, service equipment and technical [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 14:06:08
Kyoto - A Perspective (Part 49)
CONCLUSIONS. (Part 2) Okay, we’ve established that the largest emission of CO2 comes from those coal fired power plants ... and turns it to steam. The steam drives a multi stage turbine. The turbine drives a generator ... the water cools after the steam process driving the turbines recycles that water [more...]
Date: 2008-07-06 05:01:19
Wind Power Generators in Residential Areas
Wind Power Generators in Residential Areas Posted By David Sullivan on @ 7: ... from the power company? A great way to do it is to invest in residential wind power. Why ... if you have the right plans for a fraction of the cost of buying one. You can have your own source of residential [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 12:33:11
Will solar power ever be as cheap as coal?
Wafer handlers: Senior photovoltaic engineer Adam Lorenz works on some solar wafers ... into current, solar is on track to deliver electricity to residential users at a cost on par with natural gas [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 20:40:18
America’s Top 20 Disappearing Jobs
Forbes has an article about America’s Top 20 Growing and Disappearing Jobs. Good news is Advertising jobs are NOT on the Dissappearing Jobs list! ... . Home Appliance Repairers: Repair, adjust or install all types of electric or gas household [more...]
Date: 2008-07-04 19:46:50
Honda Generators Background Information
Honda Power Equipment markets a complete line of generators for commercial and consumer applications ... the world's quietest. Honda generators for typical residential use average 64-68 decibels (db ... - 6500W Economy EP and EG Series/Residential and Commercial use 2500W - 5000W [more...]
Date: 2008-09-18 11:16:52
Government College of Engineering,Tirunelveli
This article or section needs to be wikified to meet Wikipedia’s quality standards ... , electric youth of our country. In its 25 years of existence it has left no stones unturned for producing [more...]
Date: 2008-07-10 12:20:51
Comparing the Costs of Different Heating Fuels
Furnace Flame Creative Commons License photo figure credit: Unhindered by Talent By day, I am a mild-mannered employee of a company that manufactures heating appliances [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 02:07:14
Passive Houses the Alternative Energy Wave of the Future?
#fullpost{display:inline;}Are passive houses the alternative energy wave of the future? In these houses there are no drafts, no cold tile floors, no snuggling under blankets until the furnace kicks in. There is, in fact, no furnace.Even on the coldest nights in central Germany, Mr [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 13:33:00
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings
Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics. These stocks, which represent a small portion of all rated stocks, highlight a sample of the strongest rated stocks from over 4,000 stocks that are actively tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics [more...]
Date: 2008-12-07 13:03:57
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings
Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics. These stocks, which represent a small portion of all rated stocks, highlight a sample of the strongest rated stocks from over 4,000 stocks that are actively tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics [more...]
Date: 2008-12-07 18:03:57
