This article is part of a collection of articles devoted to cutting utility bills, including cheaper electric and gas bills. We cover recommendations for different types of high utility bills. As always, we first look at the easiest fixes with the lowest upfront costs for energy conservation. This is part Read more…
This article is part of a collection of articles devoted to cutting utility bills, including cheaper electric and gas bills. We cover recommendations for different types of high utility bills. FYI, we explain things in terms of five our categories of energy use. As always, we first look at the easiest Read more…
This article is part of a collection of articles devoted to cutting utility bills, including cheaper electric and gas bills. We cover recommendations for different types of high utility bills. FYI, we explain things in terms of five our categories of energy use. In this article, we will look at Read more…
We had a chat with Chris Hunt, an energy coach for HEA. He explains how he is an energy coach for Californian residents for free. In part 5 of this series, Chris shares the importance of having smart controls of your home. Just by turning stuff on and off in Read more…
We had a chat with Chris Hunt, an energy coach for HEA. He explains how he is an energy coach for Californian residents for free. In part 3 of this series, Chris goes through a typical experience of a homeowner or renter with an energy coach. He uses software that Read more…
We had a chat with Chris Hunt, an energy coach for HEA. He explains how he is an energy coach for Californian residents for free. In part 2 of this series, Chris dives into common power hogs that often surprise people. He advises and helps with simple, cheap fixes to Read more…
We had a chat with Chris Hunt, an energy coach for HEA. He explains what an energy coach does and why it is free to PG&E and SCE customers. The utility companies, in effect, pay for this free service. Chris says that energy coaching can save people significant money by Read more…
We have talked about lightbulbs in the past. LED lightbulbs have improved dramatically in the past decade. We even wrote an article about how to choose LED lightbulbs for your home. The bottom line is that if you really want to reduce your energy bill, lightbulbs matter. A recent NYT Read more…
By next year in 2020, all the utility companies in California plan to roll out Time of Use (TOU) rates for 20 million consumers. Some will start this year. TOU has proven quite successful at small scale, saving households money while helping offload the state’s electric grid. Time of Use Read more…
Those of us in the energy efficiency business get asked this question all the time and our answer is usually, “Yes, but…”You would think this would be an easy one for us in the efficiency field but like anything in life, there are always mitigating circumstances. Note: If you want Read more…