One no-cost and very simple thing you can do to lower your water heating costs is to lower the temperature on your water heater.  Whether you have an electric water heater or gas water heater, lowering the temperature will save you money.  Here’s the way it works:  your water heater is constantly heating and re-heating [...]

Someone once said you can really only improve that which you measure.  The thought is that unless you take regular measurements, you won’t have the feedback necessary to make improvements.  One of the things we did when we first started making improvements to our energy usage is to track our electricity usage.  For a couple [...]

File this one as something you’ve probably heard before, but lighting is a big energy waster in our house.  I have two daughters who seem to know how to turn ON every light in the house, but can’t figure out how to turn OFF any lights.  My wife and I are guilty of it ourself, [...]

Did you know you can make a big dent in your energy bills merely by adjusting your thermostat by a degree or two?  Many people turn the heat up so high during the winter that they wear short sleeves to compensate.  In the summer, I’ve seen people lay on the couch covered in blankets.  You [...]