Category Archives: Energy Evaluations

Your Home Energy Audit: What The Blower Door Test Tells You

Whether it’s to save money, the planet or both, many homeowners do what they can to make their houses energy efficient.

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Ease Your Cooling Load, And Lower Your Energy Bills

The next time your air conditioning bill gives you a shock, remind yourself: You can lower it. All you have to do is ease your cooling load — the amount

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What That Yellow EnergyGuide Label Is Trying To Tell You

Selecting an air conditioner can be a daunting task, if only because of the sheer number of choices available. Paying attention to the yellow EnergyGuide label on the models you’re evaluating

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Perform Your Own Home Energy Audit, And Discover Ways To Save

A home energy audit helps you save energy by pinpointing the ways you’re losing it. High utility costs and low comfort level are mainly the result of a lack of

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Does Your Home Air Conditioner Need Repair Or Replacement? 5 Ways To Tell

Cooling and heating systems represent a major investment in your home, so deciding whether to repair or replace a unit can be intimidating. Do you make one or two repairs

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Save Energy Dollars By Reducing Your Heating And Cooling Load

If you want to reduce your home’s cooling and heating load — basically, the amount of heat that must be removed or added to your home to make it comfortable

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Heat Pump Upgrade — Lifetime Versus Initial Costs

When you’re making a heat pump upgrade, keep the lifetime costs of your investment in mind as well as the sticker price. In the long run, operating costs will outweigh

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A Load Calculation Is Imperative Before Installing Any New HVAC System

Buying a new HVAC system is not like getting a new pair of shoes — you can’t just pick the features you like and get the same size as before.

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Lock In An Effective Home Cooling And Heat Load Before You Upgrade

Thinking about an HVAC upgrade? Before you do, it’s essential that you examine – and consider improving – your home cooling and heat load. When you do, you’ll get the

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Steps That Will Increase Energy Efficiency In Your Home

It can be difficult to stay cool in Southwest Florida in the summer. It can be even more difficult to keep your cooling costs manageable. Fortunately, you can take action

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