March 12, 2010
Home Energy
Burning wood is civilization’s oldest form of generating energy. In its modern incarnation, which includes multi-million-dollar pollution controls, it’s seen as one of the best sources for generating reliable, home-grown electricity. But community and environmental activists are raising questions about the wisdom of treating wood energy as green power.
March 10, 2010
Home Energy
Three out of four consumers are concerned by energy and climate change issues, but nearly two thirds say that using less energy is not the answer to reducing reliance on fossil fuels or foreign energy supply, according to global research by Accenture.
March 9, 2010
Home Energy
Main’s state-administered Efficiency Maine weatherization program has $9 million in federal funding, which it plans to use to fund weatherization projects for up to 4,000 homeowners.
March 9, 2010
Home Energy
How green can a house get? A Bay State couple lives in a highly energy-efficient home that creates two-and-a-half times more power than it needs. Tina Clarke and Doug Stephens built the three-bedroom house for just $180,000.
March 6, 2010
Home Energy
Mar. 6—Hundreds of Texans serviced by Oncor Electric Delivery say their smart meters are inaccurately measuring their electricity use. Oncor says the meters work fine, and suggests humans may have caused the problem by making mistakes when they took the last reading from the electro-mechanical meters that the smart meters replaced.
March 6, 2010
Home Energy
Mar. 6—If your clothes washer or refrigerator has seen better days, waiting until midmonth to replace them could pay you cash dividends. That’s when a federal program administered by the State of Washington offering rebates of as much as $100 on new energy efficient washers and refrigerators goes into effect.
March 5, 2010
Home Energy
A home energy audit will run you $400 to $700 and may uncover a few thousand dollars’ worth of recommended improvements. Should you get one?
March 4, 2010
Home Energy
ST. PAUL, Minn.—Minnesota’s appliance rebate program closed just a day after it opened, as 25,400 consumers claimed all the available rebates.
March 3, 2010
Home Energy
As Minnesota’s dollars for dishwashers program launched yesterday, Rochester appliance outlets prepared for a surge in customer traffic.
March 3, 2010
Home Energy
Sounding a familiar clean-energy theme, President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced details of a proposed energy rebate program he hopes will spur demand for insulation and water heaters—and jobs for hurting Americans. Obama said the administration’s “HOMESTAR” program would reward people who buy energy-saving equipment with an on-the-spot rebate of $1,000 or more.
