This the second article of a two part series looking at the relationship between energy and pets. Read part 1 about heating and cooling your pet here. Nearly seventy percent of American households are home to a pet, resulting in a collective count of over 400 million fish, dogs, cats, Read more…
Heat Pump Water Heaters (HPWHs) are a very promising technology in both residential and commercial applications because of their improved efficiency and user benefits. A HPWH operates on an electrically-driven vapor compression cycle and pumps energy from its surroundings to water in a storage tank, raising the temperature of the Read more…
With the world slowly coming to realize how important it is to conserve the environment, many advances have been made to change our daily lives in favor of the ecosystem. Methods like water-saving, electricity usage reduction, and Earth Hour are just among the few global campaigns. However, in a move Read more…
This the first article of a two part series looking at the relationship between energy and pets. Nearly seventy percent of American households are home to a pet, resulting in a collective count of over 400 million fish, dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, and more. However, as much as we may Read more…
Note: This is a two-part series about reducing your summer electric bill. AskDrPower receives no financial incentive for references made to third-party services. They are there for your information only. In part 1, we covered the easy wins. In this article, we will go over options that require more time Read more…
Some of you might be asking what is a heat pump? It doesn’t sound like an air conditioner, but people are saying you can use one instead. Does a “heat pump” heat or cool a place? A heat pump can heat and cool a home. If you’re looking Read more…
In a nutshell, Demand Response (DR) is getting paid for using less electricity when others are pigging out. When everyone wants electricity at the same time, it’s called peak demand. Here is a definition from energy.gov. DR programs rewards those who respond during peak demand. That’s why it’s called “demand response.” Read more…
kWh stands for kilowatt-hour. On your electric bill, it’s a unit of how much electricity you used. For a water bill, nearly everyone has an intuition of how much a gallon is. We know that flushing the toilet is a lot more than drinking a glass of water. When it Read more…
You used more electricity this month, but why is the bill this much higher?! First of all, check out our article on What is a kWh if you have no idea what a kWh is. It covers how to get a sense of “how big” a kWh is and get an Read more…
What can you do to lower your electric bill without sweating in your home all summer? We have lots of ideas from working with different families over the years. Let’s first start with the easy wins and simple DIY ideas. In part 2, we will cover solutions for longer term Read more…