electricity Archives - Energy Vanguard https://www.energyvanguard.com/tag/electricity/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Thu, 06 Jun 2024 18:00:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Concrete, Steel, and Demolition in My Basement https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/concrete-steel-and-demolition-in-my-basement/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/concrete-steel-and-demolition-in-my-basement/#view_comments Thu, 06 Jun 2024 17:54:07 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=9080 Things are heating up in my basement now.  Really.  Our outdoor temperatures have risen since I began my basement renovation in early February and I still don’t have heating and cooling down there yet.  So it’s getting a bit warm…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/concrete-steel-and-demolition-in-my-basement/feed/ 6 Preparing an Old Home for Electrification, Part 2 https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/preparing-an-old-home-for-electrification-part-2/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/preparing-an-old-home-for-electrification-part-2/#view_comments Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:16:36 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8047 The electrification movement is accelerating, so let’s go back to this topic again and look at how to electrify an older house.  In part 1 of this series, I listed some important questions to ask.  Today, I’ll cover some steps…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/preparing-an-old-home-for-electrification-part-2/feed/ 11 A Year of Home Electricity Monitoring Data https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-year-of-home-electricity-monitoring-data/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-year-of-home-electricity-monitoring-data/#view_comments Tue, 18 Jul 2023 15:23:06 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8439 A little over a year ago, I wrote about the Emporia Vue home electricity monitoring system I installed at my house.  I’ve posted data on LinkedIn and in some other articles since then.  Now, though, I’ve got a whole year’s…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-year-of-home-electricity-monitoring-data/feed/ 33 An Electrification Essential: Electrical Circuit Mapping https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/an-electrification-essential-electrical-circuit-mapping/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/an-electrification-essential-electrical-circuit-mapping/#view_comments Tue, 14 Mar 2023 12:13:18 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8170 Let’s say you have an older house.  Maybe the laundry room used to be in the basement but got moved to the main floor later.  Then someone added a bunch of can lights in the kitchen and family room.  Over…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/an-electrification-essential-electrical-circuit-mapping/feed/ 38 Preparing an Old House for Electrification, Part 1 https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/preparing-an-old-house-for-electrification-part-1/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/preparing-an-old-house-for-electrification-part-1/#view_comments Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:56:23 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8057 With the Inflation Reduction Act providing lots of incentives to improve your home  and go all-electric, let’s look at how you can prepare for the conversion.  As with any home improvement job, it’s best to do your homework.  In this…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/preparing-an-old-house-for-electrification-part-1/feed/ 27 What Happens to Your Used Electricity? https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/what-happens-to-your-used-electricity/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/what-happens-to-your-used-electricity/#view_comments Tue, 24 Jan 2023 16:20:14 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8030 When you turn on your toaster, you know what happens to the electricity going through those filaments.  You can feel it.  The energy you extract from the electricity turns directly into heat.  But what about the other electrical devices and…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/what-happens-to-your-used-electricity/feed/ 11 Making Sense of Energy and Power https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/making-sense-of-energy-and-power/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/making-sense-of-energy-and-power/#view_comments Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:37:02 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=7980 James Watt was a great scientist and engineer, known mainly for his work on the steam engine.  Actually, that’s not true.  What he’s really known for is confusing a great many people who deal with energy.  But C. Wilhelm Siemens…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/making-sense-of-energy-and-power/feed/ 16 The Top 10 Articles in the Energy Vanguard Blog in 2022 https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-top-10-articles-in-the-energy-vanguard-blog-in-2022/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-top-10-articles-in-the-energy-vanguard-blog-in-2022/#view_comments Thu, 29 Dec 2022 14:16:50 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=7968 It’s been a good year in the Energy Vanguard Blog.  Counting this one, I’ve published 46 articles during the year.  Of the previous 45 articles, I think the following might be ten most important ones.  This is just my own…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-top-10-articles-in-the-energy-vanguard-blog-in-2022/feed/ 2 Introduction to Whole-House Electricity Monitoring https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/introduction-to-whole-house-electricity-monitoring/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/introduction-to-whole-house-electricity-monitoring/#view_comments Tue, 21 Jun 2022 18:18:20 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=7513 Last year I bought the Emporia Vue whole-house electricity monitoring system.*  This past weekend, I finally installed it.  The photo below shows my electrical panel with the monitor installed.  Yes, it looks like a mess at the moment.  The panel…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/introduction-to-whole-house-electricity-monitoring/feed/ 38 The #1 Reason to Have an All-Electric Home https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/1-reason-have-all-electric-home/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/1-reason-have-all-electric-home/#view_comments Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:30:09 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=the-1-reason-to-have-an-all-electric-home Maybe you’ve heard the rumblings coming out of the environmental and building science crowd.  Maybe not.  But it’s getting louder lately.  The rumbling I’m alluding to is the move to switch from natural gas to electricity as the energy carrier…

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