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Smart Thermostats: The Key to Precision Temperature Control and Lower Energy Bills

Want to up your home’s heating ♨️ and cooling 🧊game while saving money on energy bills? A smart thermostat can be a savvy solution. Read more in this month’s blog post.

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Improve the Comfort of Your Maryville Home With a Professional Energy Audit

Chances are, your home has a variety areas where energy is being lost or wasted, making your utility bills unnecessarily high. A professional energy audit can help you learn how and where you can save on energy use and expenditures in your southwest Illinois home. A home energy audit is an assessment of your home’s energy

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Fall’s the Perfect Time for an Energy Evaluation in Your Illinois Metro-East Home

Our Metro-East winters can be unpredictable, but we all know that phases of ice, snow, wind and plunging temperatures are going to be in the mix during the coldest months. So it’s best to be prepared. One of the most important preparations is having an energy evaluation done in your home during the fall. During

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The Blower Door Test: An Essential Part of Your Expert Home Energy Audit

If you’re having a home energy audit conducted, a blower door test likely will be an important part of this home assessment. This test will establish how airtight your Hamel, Illinois home is. This means that you can identify places where warm air can leak into your interior from the outside in the summer and

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Metro-East Homeowners Can Maximize HVAC Efficiency With a DIY Energy Audit

One of the best ways to cut your energy bills this summer is to perform your own energy audit. It only takes a few hours, and the results will help you find the air leaks in your home that make it harder to cool in the summer and heat in the winter. Part of the

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Improving Household Energy Efficiency — Step One, An Energy Audit

If your heating bills seem to be out of hand this winter in the Metro-East area, your energy efficiency may be failing. A whole constellation of factors contribute to how much it costs to heat and cool your home, and inviting an energy auditor to review your home will help eliminate any second guessing on

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Upgrade To Energy-Efficient HVAC Equipment And Save With 2011 Tax Credits

Earlier this year, the government decided to extend federal tax credits on the purchase of energy-efficient HVAC equipment through the end of the year. With 2011 drawing to an end, the time to act is quickly closing. You don’t want to miss your chance to save big on a new system. There are two ways

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Water Heater Insulation Reduces The Loss Of Heat Energy

Your home’s water heater is one of the most valuable pieces of equipment you have. It provides a vital resource to you and your family members. Because your hot water system is such a vital part of your home’s comfort, it is used often, and will account for a good portion of the amount you

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If Your Energy Costs Are Rising, There Is Reason — Find Out Why With An Energy Evaluation

If you have noticed that your energy costs have been steadily rising, you should have an energy evaluation performed so that you can identify the source of the problem and fix it. With winter arriving in a few months, you will begin to use your heating equipment more and more, making it even more important

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Degree Days: How They Figure Into Your Energy Calculations

At the end of every month, if you’re like a lot of homeowners, you look at your utility bills to see how much energy you have used over the course of the past month. In the winter and summer, the cost of heating and cooling your house will go up drastically. In order to calculate

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