- Appliances: use less power
- Beware vampire appliances
- Commercial building energy assessments
- Commercial building incentives
- Common mistakes
- Gifts that save energy all year
- Heating and coolling savings
- Holiday lighting: festive & efficient
- Insulation types: pros & cons
- Kitchens: ways to save
- Lower your utility bills
- Path to Energy Efficiency
- Programmable Thermostats
- Radon: test after energy upgrade
- Refrigerator: retire for quick payback
- Resolutions to conserve energy and save money
- Seal duct leaks
- Stack Effect Influences Energy Use
- Systems in house work together
- Wash clothes in cold water
- Water heating bills
- Where to make home improvements
- Windows: repair, don't replace
In the News
Tips to Cut Your Energy Costs
Does the cost of heating your home cut into your family's budget? You can do more than turn down the thermostat and shiver. During the 2010-2011 heating sesion, the Energy Team of CCE-Tompkins will have a column called Your Path to Energy Savings in the Ithaca Journal, It provides weekly tips on how to make your home comfortable while reducing your energy bills. You'll find low and no cost techniques, better options than buying new windows, how to upgrade your home or business in ways that pay off over time, and much more. After all, why pay more than necessary?
- Radon
- Energy in the kitchen
- Wash in cold water
- Energy Path
- Insulation
- Energy assessment & contractors
- Low-flower shower & aeators
- Rebates and subsidies for homeowners
- Common mistakes
- House as a system
- Financial incentives for commerical buildings
- Refrigerators
- Seal ductwork
- Stack effect: importance of basement and attic sealing
- New Year's resolutions
- Vampires and phantom energy use
- Holiday gifts that save energy
- Appliances
- LED holiday lights
- Windows- repair rather than replace
- Programmable thermostats
- Home energy assessments
- Compact fluorescent light bulbs
