Wind vs. Solar for an Average Home
Wind turbines look thrilling on a hillside, and rooftop solar looks tidy on a roof. Both can cut a home electricity bill, but they are not interchangeable. This guide compares them on…
Wind turbines look thrilling on a hillside, and rooftop solar looks tidy on a roof. Both can cut a home electricity bill, but they are not interchangeable. This guide compares them on…
Hybrid solar and wind systems sound like a clever hack: catch sun by day, catch wind by night, never run short. The reality is more nuanced. Done right, the pairing smooths out…
A reader emailed me last fall with a photo of her rural property and one question: would a small wind turbine actually make sense out here? It is a question I hear…
Your thermostat quietly controls one of the biggest slices of your energy bill, and most of us never really tune it. In this tutorial I walk through the exact steps I use…
Your fridge runs 24 hours a day, every day, with no off switch and no user prompt to remind you it might be sick. That makes it the easiest appliance in the…
Heat pumps and furnaces both keep a house warm, but they do it in very different ways, and the right pick depends on your climate, your fuel prices, and how long you…
Renters often feel stuck. You cannot change the windows, the appliances, or the insulation, so the usual advice about home energy savings reads like it was written for someone else. This article…
People often ask me what an "energy upgrade" really costs, and the honest answer is that it depends on how much you want to do this year versus over the next five.…
Most household appliances are more honest about their energy use than we are about how we treat them. The fridge in the garage, the dishwasher run half-full, the dryer with a clogged…