Real estate blog entries tagged with utility costs

Blog entries tagged with "utility costs":

utility costs: It Isn't Easy Being Green (Yet!) - Energy Efficiency - Mountain Home, ID - 10/18/07 03:58 PM

I just completed a year long (well, it took ME a year) program leading to certification under the ECOBroker program. The primary goal of ECOBroker is to train real estate professionals about residential energy efficiency and home environmental issues (e.g. indoor air quality) so that we can can then provide knowledgeable … (2 comments)

utility costs: Idaho Electricity is the Cheapest in the U.S. - 04/04/07 04:03 AM

According to the U.S. Energy Information Agency, Idahoans pay only 6.12 cents per kilowatt hour for electrical energy, currently the lowest rate in the United States. The hardest hit are residents of Hawaii who pay almost 4 times as much at 23.36 cents per kwh.
Idaho's low rates are due primarily to the use of … (0 comments)

utility costs: Frankenstein's Furnace?- Energy Efficiency - Mountain Home, ID - 03/27/07 01:20 AM

If you're thinking of building a new home or replacing your existing heating system, there's been a recent breakthrough in HVAC systems that you may want to look into.
Carrier Corporation has recently released a hybrid, residential HVAC system which combines combines a high efficiency (SEER 13) heat pump with an 81% … (0 comments)

utility costs: Pay a Lot for Water Heating? No Tanks! - Energy Efficiency - Mountain Home, ID - 03/27/07 01:06 AM

A sudden, if overdue, interest in residential energy efficiency is resulting in the installation of tankless water heating systems in several of Mountain Home's new homes.
Instead of a big tank keeping 50 gallons of water constantly hot, regardless of whether there's anyone around to use it, tankless systems use a wall … (1 comments)