Many homes in Southeast PA are heated with natural gas. Often that gas comes from fracking operations that increasingly have come under attack for polluting waterways, damaging air quality, and emitting greenhouse gases that are causing climate change. Luckily, deregulation has provided options when it comes to choosing who supplies the natural gas that runs […]
Tip for Homeowners Not Suited for Solar Energy
For many homeowners, there is no faster and more sure way to save the most money while protecting the environment than installing a rooftop solar energy system. Yet, in a few instances a home may not be physically suitable for solar power. Although it is getting rarer as prices fall, for some families solar energy […]
2019 To Be a Busy Year for Solar
In our article for the Yardley Voice, Next Year Will Be Busy for Solar, we advise Pennsylvania and New Jersey homeowners considering a solar energy system for their home to start the process as early as possible in 2019. The planned reduction in the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for renewable energy investments creates this urgency. Beginning […]
How To Use Your Thermostat 101
Did anyone ever teach you how to use your thermostat? Probably not. You’re hot—you turn the temperature down. You’re cold—you turn the temperature up. Easy enough, right? Apparently not. The timer systems that come with programmable thermostats can greatly assist in cutting energy costs that come with keeping cool in the summer months. But according […]
Energy Saving Tips – Passive Solar
Welcome to the first in my series of blog entries that talk about small actions that can reduce your energy expenses and reduce your use of fossil fuels. This will help your bank account while helping our environment. These actions are easy and either free or inexpensive, aiming to help us all maintain our current […]
Coming Soon! 52 Easy Low- or No-cost Ways to Save Energy
Going solar is great – no mining, no drilling, no transporting, no polluting, no increased health problems. It eliminates lots of things that are huge hidden costs to our society as a whole every day (and things that we’ve all been subsidizing for over 100 years!) But, it doesn’t make sense to go solar if […]
