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How Propane Can Save Energy Throughout your Home

If all or most of your home appliances run on electricity, the cooler months are probably a pain in the neck for you. Trying to keep your home warm while keeping energy costs down is a challenge, and when you are not getting the most out of your home appliances, that challenge becomes even harderWhy confine yourself to a season of sweatshirts and tube socks inside the house when you can cut your energy costs by simply switching to propane-powered appliances?Here’s…

How to Tell If a Propane Tank Is Empty

The only way to tell if a propane tank is empty is to weigh it. This can also tell you if there is any propane left. The typical tank for a gas grill can hold 20 lbs. of propane. There is also the weight of the tank to consider. The tare weight (TW) noted on the tank is the weight of the tank when...

How Maintenance Benefits Your Furnace

Furnaces have existed as long as any home heating system. They’ve remained popular because they can overcome almost any level of cold. However, a furnace is only as good as the care it receives; this is true for almost any complex machine...

Measuring the Energy That Might Have Been

Energy Efficiency may be the fifth fuel, but different than carbon, nuclear, wind, and solar, energy efficiency cannot be measured or metered - by definition, energy efficiency is the absence of the...

2 Ways to Waste Energy with your Energy Efficient Oven

Even with the most energy efficient appliances in your kitchen, you could still be wasting a lot of energy. Here are 2 ways that energy gets wasted with an oven: * Preheating – The notion of prehea…

Pros and Cons to Save Energy

Wind power is a clean and renewable energy to produce electricity. Today, wind energy is considered a renewable energy leader after the second solar energy. Until the composition of this post, the absolute capacity of wind turbines in place in the world is...

Does Exercise Give You More Energy or Zap Your Energy?

It’s time to retire the overused excuse that you’re lack the energy to exercise. Research proves that exercise actually increases your energy levels and is more effective at warding off fatigue tha…

8 ways to save energy around the home

These smart tips can help you cut costs on your energy bill

How Energy Efficient Is That Home You Are Buying?

Energy Fit Homes, offers multi-point inspections of homes to identify how they are doing on the energy efficiency spectrum.

Is your furnace too old?

Indiana has witnessed quite an interesting winter thus far! Earlier this week we reached a whopping 62 degrees…only to drop to 17 degrees come Friday. But even between this spring-like heatwa…

Program helps homeowners become energy efficient and for some it’s free

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Patricia Walker has lived in her home for 38 years, and decided to have an energy audit. “They checked my gutters, they checked basically any insulation, any …

House Smarts: ENERGY STAR Labeling for Homes

Read this article to learn what your home needs to achieve ENERGY STAR labeling and how lighting can help.

Spells To Keep Negative Energy Away From You

Surrounded by negative energy and people? With the right spells and rituals, you can keep negative energy (and people) far away from you.

Four simple DIY energy-saving projects

Energy Efficient Home Tips

Tom Kraeutler hosts the first ever video podcast by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR program on energy efficient home tips. For m...

19 Ways to Go from No Energy to Full Blast (Without Caffeine)

If you have no energy and still have oodles of items to check off your to-do list, here are 19 ways to naturally boost your energy level minus the coffee.