How can you know if your existing home’s heating and cooling systems are efficient? New homes are often modeled in software before they are constructed, and in many states this model is required to result in a certain level of heating and cooling efficiency. But after a home has been Read more…
Lisa Schmidt from HEA talks about a free program to lower energy bills for Californians. HomeIntel focuses on “easy savings” with no purchases or $20-25 devices. Fyi, the California Energy Commission (CEC) supported HEA and volunteers to put together this educational website. This is part 3 of our interview with Read more…
Lisa Schmidt from HEA talks about a free program to lower energy bills for PG&E customers in California. Californians end up saving on energy bills with help from professionals free of charge. Lisa’s program, HomeIntel, is one of the P4P pilots that focus on lowering bills without needing to spend Read more…
Lisa Schmidt from HEA talks about a free program to lower energy bills for PG&E customers in California. It’s called HomeIntel, part of something PG&E offers under something called “pay for performance” often called “P4P.” Pay-for-performance is part of an arrangement between the State of California and the utility companies. Read more…
This is part 1 of our interview with Patti Sexton, who has been involved with sustainability and energy conservation in the Bay Area for about two decades. She shares with us how she transitioned from the tech industry to working with organizations like Acterra in fostering sustainable practices in her Read more…
In part 1 and part 2, James talked about how energy coaching is free and easy for Californians because it’s paid for by the utility company. He knows it inside out from his days running programs in Customer Energy solutions at PG&E. In this final part of the interview, James Read more…
In part 1, James told us how energy coaching to cut energy bills is free in California because state laws actually pay utility companies more to save energy use. This is part 2 of our interview with James. He goes into further details his time at PG&E and how the Read more…
James Tuleya, an energy coach, shares with us his approach to helping his four hundred clients cut their electricity and gas bills. He talks about lighting and just unplugging stuff when not in use. Most importantly, he emphasizes that his service is free because it’s paid for by the utility Read more…
In the article Five Ways to Reduce Energy Bills, we mentioned that variable use as one of the foreground loads to your energy bill. We covered reducing variable electric use previously. Now, we will talk about how to lower your bills for variable natural gas use. People are often more Read more…
If your household use lots of devices turning on at various times of the day (and night), it can get quite hard to figure out what is really giving you high electric bills. In our experience, it hardly means giving up your favorite activities or becoming less comfortable. Recall from Read more…