Yesterday I bought a Flip Video UltraHD camcorder, so you'll be seeing some videos appear on the Energy Vanguard website soon. As a matter of fact, I'm heading out to Carrollton this morning to tape Jason Payne of Structured Energies…
A couple of weeks ago, one of my friends wrote on Facebook, "How many more times in my life will I forget that I am hardboiling eggs?" That got me to thinking about the time my grandmother told my aunt,…
The Home Star Rebate Program makes so much sense that it's one of a rare breed of legislation for this Congress - a bill that's bipartisan! The Senate bill, S.3177, was introduced in late March and sponsored by Jeff Bingaman…
I saw this commercial on TV last night and knew I had to share it here. I saw this commercial on TV last night and knew I had to share it here. Yes, Georgia Power is part of the Southern…
Tomorrow I'm going to the Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable meeting on the topic of 'Georgia's Solar Future,' which got me to thinking about my friend and fellow HERS rater class instructor Mike Barcik's 5 step program for solar energy. Here it…
If you visit a lot of home energy efficiency related websites, as I do, and look around at the ads on those pages, you may notice quite a few that are selling various home energy auditor certifications. Unless they're offering…
You can turn electricity into heat at an efficiency of 100%! Every kilowatt-hour of electricity in turns into one kilowatt-hour of heat out. That sounds pretty good, doesn't it? The truth, however, is that electric resistance heat (toasters, baseboard heaters,…
1. If you want to save energy, the first thing you should do is weatherstrip your doors and caulk your windows. Not true. Your house has much bigger holes than those. 2. I live in the South (or another warm…
I've analyzed and improved the energy efficiency of numerous homes. The starting point is, of course, the analysis because you want to put your efforts—and your dollars—where they're going to generate the best results. I've analyzed and improved the energy…
Remember when President Obama said that “insulation is sexy” a while back? Well, I’m happy to report that he and Congress are pushing to make things happen in the world of energy conservation. In case you haven’t heard, chances are…