Over the weekend I got to play with one of the coolest new tools for an energy geek – a FLIR ONE Thermal Imaging Camera add-on for the iPhone 5/5S. You can literally measure and see how cool or hot you or anything around you is. A friend at church just got one and she knew […]
What’s the Hottest New iPhone Tech – FLIR ONE Review
Posted on September 13, 2014 Written by 3 Comments
Do-It-Yourself Halloween Decorations
Posted on October 27, 2011 Written by 2 Comments
My neighbors put out a number of Halloween decorations and my children wanted some too. I politely explained to them how I don’t believe in using electricity to shine lights on decorations or to blow fans to make decorations stand up. I also explained that it wasn’t good for the environment to go buy a […]
Great Video on Home Energy Monitors by Ask This Old House
Posted on December 22, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
We are big fans on monitoring electricity consumption so that you can manage and reduce it. This Old House has a great video showing the range of products for monitoring and managing electricity consumption in the house. We have and are big fans of the Kill-A-Watt, Watts?Up Pro and TED 5000 shown in the video. […]
What Impact Does 1 Watt Have?
Posted on April 11, 2010 Written by 7 Comments
One watt (1W) is not a lot of power. It can’t charge your cell phone or even an LED night light. So why should you care about eliminating vampire loads of one or a few watts? The answer is that every little bit helps and that 1W on all day everyday does add up to […]
First Days with our TED-5000 Home Energy Monitor
Posted on February 21, 2010 Written by 5 Comments
Understanding your home energy usage is an important step to to reducing it. You can get a good first start by just looking at your energy bills and thinking about why there are peaks and valleys and how this year compares to last. To go beyond looking at your bills and save even more, you need […]
Defanging your Cable Box Vampire
Posted on November 20, 2009 Written by 2 Comments
Earlier this week, the EPA released the new Energy Star requirements for Audio/Video (AV) equipment including CD, DVD and Blu-ray players. The new specification establishes On mode and low-power Sleep mode power consumption limits and Auto Power Down requirements that AV products must meet in order to earn the ENERGY STAR label. When you are […]
Building your Energy Savings Toolbox – Kill-a-Watt meter
Posted on November 13, 2009 Written by 4 Comments
We can all reduce how much electricity we use around our homes and offices. Everything in our lives plugs in these days, whether it is our cell phone chargers, or cable boxes or computers, they all use electricity. The important questions about each appliance/device are: How much does it use when you are using it? […]
