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New Home Automation Offers Greater Comfort—And Lowers Energy Costs
As homeowners increasingly desire greater comfort, enjoyment and control—especially in an economy that encourages cocooning—new technologies in home automation continue to emerge.
Easy, Inexpensive Remodeling With Pure Sunlight
Heightened energy prices mean searching out the brightest and best energy sources. Why not start by adding an element of sunshine to your home renovation and restoration projects?
Planning Your Homes Lighting: Inside & Out
The recent national energy bill banning incandescent bulbs by 2014 will find homeowners choosing among the latest energy-efficient residential lighting ...
Light Up Some Energy Savings
Looking for some bright ideas to lower your home's lighting bill? The Edison Electric Institute offers you the following simple, easy, and low-cost tips to start saving today:
Selecting The Right Standby Generator
If you are considering a backup generator purchase, there are important sizing and code requirements that you need to know to insure a safe and adequate standby generator installation.
Protect Your Home From Water Damage And Mold
A new Wireless Remote Controlled Water System developed by Millennium International Development Corporation can prevent damage to property, and can save homeowners water and money.
First Line Of Defense For Small Household Fires
First Control™—a new chemical and water fire suppressant delivery system ...
New—Saving Technology Shuts Off All Standby Power In A Home With Just One Switch
A new energy saving product hit the U.S. residential home market this month, providing homeowners the ability to effortlessly and expediently turn off all electronics not being used throughout a home with just one master switch.
More Homeowners Choose Home Automation And Home Networking
Home automation and home networking through the latest technologies is on the rise.
Suite Efficiency: Compact Cook Tops Offer Convenience, Versatility and Style
Compact cook tops are winning favor in homes across the country as owners discover the convenience, versatility and style of these innovative appliances.
Energy-Free Daylighting Delivered With A SunPipe
While they can't exactly bottle and sell real sunlight, one innovative mid-American company has found a way to harness and deliver it.
SunPipe® Slows Global Climate Change!
At a time when rapid global climate change is no longer scientifically debatable, individuals often think they are powerless to do anything constructive to help alleviate the problem.
Energy Efficient Lights
To address the demand for more energy efficient lights, the lighting industry has engaged its research and development capabilities to create a wide range of new energy efficient indoor/outdoor residential light fixtures and lamp sources (light bulbs).
Automatic Night Lights In Illuminating Styles
Nighttime can be a scary place for both imagined and real hazards. Never fear, however, because manufacturers offer automatic night lights that not only ease children’s fears of the dark, but lend an attractive, contemporary touch to any home.
Energy Efficient Recessed Ceiling Lights
To combat the air leakage problem, Halo Lighting offers a series of Air-Tite™ recessed lighting fixtures for ceilings. In addition, these fixtures help maintain the vapor barrier between conditioned and unconditioned spaces.
Low Voltage Lighting Products Brighten Yards And Gardens
Homeowners are spending an increasing amount of leisure time outdoors. As a result, millions of Americans are discovering the benefits of low voltage outdoor lighting systems—beauty, versatility, safety and security.
Generator Safety Tips
A portable or backup power generator is a handy household utility that has been growing in popularity among homeowners in recent years, says the Copper Development Association. Manufacturers are producing quiet, lightweight models that are convenient for recreation and emergencies.
Farmers, Watch For Electrical Hazards
There are unique electrical hazards in agriculture that farm workers and family members need to understand. Spending just two minutes explaining unsafe work habits and how to recognize potential electrical hazards, can prevent a permanent injury or a death.
Electrical Surge Protectors
Lightning strikes to homes and nearby locations are the single most common cause of damage to computers and other sensitive home electronics equipment, but lightning isn’t the only cause of electrical surges.
Your Home's Secret Energy Users
The electronic equipment and appliances in your home—TVs, video game consoles, cable boxes, DVDs, VCRs, along with computers, printers, battery chargers, etc.—now account for about 5 percent of your monthly electric bill.
Electric Utility Energy Assistance
Your electric utility has information on how you can take control over your home’s energy bill.
Audit Home Energy Use
Mention the word "audit" and you might cringe. But there’s one type of audit that’s easy, costs next to nothing, and can give you more control over your electric bill ...
Moving Major Home Appliances Takes Special Care
Before you begin moving major home appliances, begin by checking each appliance's use and care guide for any special moving instructions or cautions.
Tips For Installing Home Appliances
Have you ever bought an appliance, rushed home to install it and discovered you needed to supply an essential piece to complete the hook-up?
Decorative Light Strips Add Style And Atmosphere
Decorative lighting is often overlooked as an easy and inexpensive way to add a unique style and atmosphere to a home. Strategically placed accent lights, under cabinet lighting, inside cabinets lights and decorative lighting strips are all easy home improvements that can be used to complement your homes décor.
Carbon Monoxide Detector Standards Tightened
An increasing number of false alarms triggered by household carbon monoxide detectors have imposed significant burdens on emergency response personnel in recent years.
Join The Campaign To Lower Energy Use At Home
Join the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in their seventh annual campaign to lower greenhouse gas emissions. The campaign encourages citizens across the country to replace existing incandescent light bulbs ...
Electric Utilities Offer The Power To Save
Making your home more energy efficient can help you get more value from your energy dollar. But did you know that making your home more energy efficient can also give you greater quiet, comfort, and a higher resale value?
Don't Undersize Circuits Or Extension Cords
Knowing how to select the wire size needed for circuits and extension cords can save you money, and improve your family's safety. If an extension cord is undersized, it creates a drop in voltage from one end to the wire to another.
How To Select A Standby Generator
If you are considering a backup generator purchase, there are important sizing and code requirements that you need to know to insure a safe and adequate standby generator installation.
Tips For Simple Wiring Repairs
Understanding the fundamentals of electrical wiring can be valuable, particularly when you're making simple repairs or home improvements.
An Abundance Of Free, Natural Sunpiped Light
Instead of just putting a window on your roof and letting the sun shine in, a super-reflective Sun Pipe can reflect daylight from above your roof, through your attic space, to a ceiling-mounted diffuser.
Bright Ideas Aren't Always Complicated And Expensive
Bright ideas aren't always complicated--or unaffordable--according to Gregg Miller, inventor of the solar tube and owner of The Sun Pipe Company, Inc., Elgin, IL. To prove his point, Miller points to a school in Montana, a chapel in Colorado, and ...
Prevent Electrical Safety Hazards From Storm-Damaged Equipment
Katrina Aftermath Reveals Hidden Dangers From Cleaned And Dried Parts, Waived City Inspections
Electrical Contractor Magazine Uncovers The "Disaster After The Disaster" For New Orleans Homeowners
A new investigative report in the May issue of Electrical Contractor magazine is the first to expose a potential public safety hazard in the Katrina aftermath. Titled "Disaster After the Disaster," the article uncovers the risks of ...
Include Home Energy Savings In Summer Vacation Plans
Going on vacation this summer? Make sure your home's energy use takes a vacation as well, advises Edison Electric Institute.
Indoor Electrical Safety Check
While you're cleaning off the electric grill, take a few minutes to check for electrical hazards in your home. Unsafe conditions, such as overloaded circuits, the misuse of extension cords, and frayed insulation around wiring, cause many injuries in ...
Extreme Energy Savings -- The Original SunPipe
Thinking about getting a skylight? Did you know it will make a permanent change to the structure and energy-efficiency of your home? And with energy costs going way up, this could be a big deal.
Low Voltage Outdoor Lights Illuminate Decks
Homeowners seeking to maximize the amount of time they spend outdoors are discovering the benefits of low voltage deck lights.
Decorative Trim Enhances Recessed Downlights
Stylish trim accessories are also available from Juno lighting to improve the appearance of both new and existing recessed light fixtures.
Saving Energy With Fans
More and more homeowners are finding that fans can provide them with the cooling effects they seek, while saving energy at the same time.
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