When you are out shopping for LED lightbulbs you are going to notice a few key terms: Watts (W) Lumens (LM) Base Model Brightness Watts measure the “power” of a lightbulb. For decades, besides the people mainly chose lightbulbs by Read more…
Did you know conventional light bulbs produce a large amount of heat that not only leads to them burning out but also makes your utility bills go up for nothing? Well, now I know why my “green friends” have advised Read more…
I had to look into the rising cost of heating my home recently. For someone new to this, I learned a lot quite quickly about something most of us don’t ever think about: how your home stays warm in the Read more…
Figuring out how to introduce solar panel systems into households across America has been a long-discussed topic. A lot of my friends still don’t know that last year in the middle of 2018, the California Energy Commission voted unanimously 5-0 Read more…
Is it possible to take a few bucks off your electricity bill, and still use as much power as you need? Southern California Edison (SCE) is a utility company that serves southern California, and SCE has created various programs for Read more…
Many of our clients have “recirc” (or recirculation) pumps in their utility rooms or basements attached to a hot water heater. Some clients have more than one recirc pump, depending on the size of their home and their needs. The Read more…
If you don’t know what a recirc pump does, I explained it previously. It is possible to control the timer for your recirc pump (and other devices) by using the following: a recirc pump with a 110V wire plug Amazon’s Alexa Read more…
If you need to reduce your utility bills, have you thought about first asking your utility company? Sure, you can’t call them up and just ask for a loan, but many utility companies have a lot of programs to help Read more…
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 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, Read more…