utility costs: It Isn't Easy Being Green (Yet!) - Energy Efficiency - Mountain Home, ID
- 10/18/07 08:58 AM
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 advice to our clients. Unfortunately, it appears that I'm all dressed up but have no place to go. Despite consumer interest in hybrid cars, synfuels and such; commitment to residential energy efficiency appears to be hovering at the lip service stage. Nationally, 80% of home buyers claim that energy efficiency is … (2 comments)
utility costs: Idaho Electricity is the Cheapest in the U.S.
- 04/03/07 09:03 PM
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 lower cost, hydroelectric and coal fired generation plants instead of the costlier natural gas and nuclear facilities, common in many other parts of the country. Jan DeGiorgio Mountain Home, ID My Blog My Site … (0 comments)
utility costs: Frankenstein's Furnace?- Energy Efficiency - Mountain Home, ID
- 03/26/07 06:20 PM
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% efficient gas furnace. The advantage? - You can change heat sources as energy prices fluctuate. Heat pump users will experience the double benefit of cost savings and a more comfortable home when outside temperatures drop below 40° and the unit switches to gas heat instead of the heat pump's expensive … (0 comments)
utility costs: Pay a Lot for Water Heating? No Tanks! - Energy Efficiency - Mountain Home, ID
- 03/26/07 06:06 PM
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 mounted, metal box which fires up only when hot water is actually demanded. The potential energy savings are obvious but, before you roll your old tank into the street, consider. These systems are not cheap - Last month's cost for a system in a 2400 square foot house was $1900 … (1 comments)
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 advice to our clients.;)
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