Enervee has been in the energy industry since 2010. The company took off with a simple idea in mind: let’s make an easy to understand score, so that people can easily select money and environment saving appliances. People don’t buy appliances often, so they decided to help people where it Read more…
Years ago a friend gave us a beautiful chrome heated towel rack for use in our bathroom. Plug it in, drape your towels over it, and treat yourself to a nice warm towel after every shower or bath. Sounds great, right? Problem is, it’s expensive! The device has a normal Read more…
It took me years to discover that our big pool pump accounted for nearly a third of our electric bill. But once I understood this it only took a few months to fix—by switching to a variable speed pump. Excited by the easy win, I wondered what other energy hogs Read more…
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…
This simple behavioral change is crazy simple, but surprisingly rare. You might think I’m going to talk about the different methods used to boil water, and which is best… use the microwave? a gas stove? an induction cooktop? maybe one of those insta-hot dispensers? These all have different energy consumption and Read more…
This customer story involved a large home in Atherton, with a very nice older couple who wished to stay in their home as long as possible despite some mobility problems. One of the ways they stayed active and kept their joints flexible was to use their pool to exercise daily Read more…
As an energy coach who likes to work on large homes I am constantly surprised by the number of homes I visit that still have not swapped out their old incandescent lightbulbs for LEDs. I suspect it is due to the rather large energy bills they already pay and the Read more…
We all enjoy using our electrical appliances across the month: stove, air conditionings, refrigerators, television, dryers, etc. The problem arrives at the door with the utility bill. When we use multiple electrical appliances for long periods of time, it all adds up like racking up a credit card debt. 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…
Our environment is being affected every single day by the lifestyle that we choose to adapt. Global warming has been steadily increasing over the years, and our average household has a big part to play in it. Energy efficiency does not only save you money, but it also enables you Read more…