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How to compare heating costs 
When you want to compare the energy use for heating your home, you'll probably see that it's not that easy. Different periods in one year come with different ...

Measure & graph 
The very first thing that started motivating me to save was looking at a graph of my usage over time. I realized that I wanted to make it go down, not ...

Power Factor Capacitors 
I read an article on your page about power factor capacitors and energy savings. Pretty good article, but missed the fine points. Motors are inductive ...

Negative fine system for leaving lights on 
My kids kept leaving lights on when they walked out of a room. I got tired of nagging them, so I came up with a positive motivator that really worked ...

In cold weather, leave your oven open as it cools 
No point letting the heat in your oven go to waste when you're done baking a cake or roasting a meal - open the oven and use that extra heat to warm up ...

Greening Bath Time  
It's important to stay clean with a regular bath or shower, but you can do it without wasting a ton of hot water if you apply the "reduce, reuse, recycle"...

Measure your always-on electrical devices - then unplug  Not rated yet
We hear a lot about phantom loads or vampire power, but unplugging every little thing is almost impossible, so that behavior might not last very long.

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Savings with Straw Bale Building: High Efficiency and Low Cost  Not rated yet
When we moved from Tucson to the Chihuahuan desert of SE Arizona, we wanted an energy efficient home with low environmental impact. After research, we ...

The science of "warm"  Not rated yet
When more and more people are thinking about how they can save energy, and in this case heat energy in the winter or in a cold area, it is very helpful ...

I Have to Save Money!!  Not rated yet
The economy stinks, my bills keep rising, my son’s tuition is about to double as he enters high school, and I have to save money. There are not a lot ...

How we keep our cottage warm  Not rated yet
Our cottage is old and uninsulated but we still manage to keep nice and warm when we stay up there for a week of winter wonderland skiing and snowshoeing....

Saving energy from the bottom up  Not rated yet
The crawl space in my fixer upper home was causing a number of problems in my home each winter, from cold floors to freezing pipes. I needed a way to fix ...

Use a ceiling fan with the air conditioner  Not rated yet
Ceiling fans use less energy than air conditioners. But if it'too hot, the fan just blows hot air at you. Using AC along with a ceiling fan is a good compromise....

Heating the Home in the Winter without the Furnace  Not rated yet
I used to pay $300 a month on heat in the winter. Now with my fireplace insert and a free supply of wood from local forests, I pay much less than that ...

Dressing to Save on Energy Expenditures  Not rated yet
Years ago, I had four children and a divorce within six years, then was widowed from a second husband in under one year. The children's father and my husband'...

Pre cooler for incoming water to house  Not rated yet
Tap water can get unpleasantly warm in the desert - how about a way to cool it down inside a water storage tank, in a cool room, on its way into your house?...

Water Ways - How I save on water  Not rated yet
Save on hot water - catch your shower water in a bucket and use it later for laundry, handwashing, watering potted plants, prerinsing dishes, and so on....

Keeping freezing water open with a bubbler  Not rated yet
For years we used two de-icing machines to keep winter ice away from our cottage dock. Now a homemade bubbler does a better job, and uses less electricity ...