Efficient energy use

Did you know that Caulking and Sealing air leaks where plumbing, ducting, or electrical wiring penetrates through walls, floors, ceilings, and soffit over cabinets can save 15 to 25% on your  electricity bill?  These areas are notorious for having airflow.   …and all that air movement costs you money in heating and cooling!   Many [...]

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Small Wind To Electricity

January 28, 2011

The US Government puts out some great resources.  This is a Consumer Guide About Small Wind Electric Systems. We put the link to the pdf HERE For You. This is just some basic information about wind generators for the home as well as information about whether wind to electricity is right for Your situation. Related [...]

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Chimney-for-Wind-Generators?

November 2, 2010

Image via Wikipedia No you don’t need a chimney for your wind generator… although a tower for your wind generator is very useful, but there are some important things you need to do to improve the efficiency of your home so your wind generator doesn’t have to do so much to power your home.  For [...]

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NPR - Recently chatted about some of the things that we as home owners can do for energy savings.  I have included the link here. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130597086  As part of the windplans team, we understand that part of becoming energy concious, puting up a Wind Generator, or using some other source of renewable energy, involve decreasing the [...]

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