Click photo to watch video These solar shingles from Dow could be showing up on roofs across North America some time soon. They are about the size of a normal asphalt shingle, and can be installed like asphalt shingles too – with just a hammer and nails. The cost is still prohibitive – about $25k [...]
When your attic is not correctly insulated you could very well be losing a lot of valuable heat in the winter. When it’s hot out your attic will heat up and some of that heat will transfer into the rest of your home, having an impact on your cooling costs. In this video, produced by [...]
Something similar may have happened to you. About ten years ago some major renovations were done in several rooms of a local home. In one of the rooms none of the light bulbs in the pot lights have been changed since day 1. In another of the rooms they burn out regularly – some of [...]
If you thought going through a foreclosure proceeding would automatically eliminate your obligation to repay a 2nd or 3rd mortgage, think again. In some cases foreclosed owners are being aggressively pursued by banks and lending institutions to pay back so-called “junior mortgages” – home equity loans. State laws vary, but in some cases it does [...]
We’ve all read about the usual unconventional ways of making energy for our homes – solar, wind, thermal, bio diesel – but are any of these actually practical for use in local? Take wind power, for example. We just tend to assume that wind power is a leading candidate when it comes to alternative power [...]
Click photo to watch video Most of us like to grill occasionally, and some of us use our grills just about every day. Unfortunately they get pretty grubby and have to be scrubbed down often. Removing the grime from your outdoor grill is a job nobody likes to do. These tips will make it a [...]
Click photo to watch video The warm kitchen that seemed so inviting when winter frosted the windows can rapidly become more like a kiln in New York’s summer. The saving grace is that quite a few of the strategies for keeping a kitchen cool in summer are also energy efficient and benefit the environment too. [...]
