There’s a lot of products out there that are labelled “eco” and “green” and “environmentally-friendly”. Whether they truly are is often up for debate. Sometimes the products offered are more eco-friendly than, say, burning coal, but aren’t exactly offering a big, snuggly hug to Mother Earth either. [click to continue…]
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When the weather gets cooler and you start cranking up your furnace, the last thing you want is have all that fuzzy, costly warmness leak outside – or have nasty, prickly cold seep inside. [click to continue…]
With so much grumbling going on about politics and the government (none of which we’re going to touch here with a ten-foot pole!), we figure we’d chat about some tax-related news that nearly everyone – regardless of political stripe or what you do with your tea bags – would be happy to hear.
In case you didn’t already know, if you’re making home improvements that are energy efficient, you may be eligible for a tax credit from Uncle Sam. If you made these environmentally-savvy improvements to the home you own, you can receive 30% of the purchase price of qualified energy-efficient products, up to a maximum tax credit of $1,500. We know that if you’re doing major renos, there’s a good chance you spent a lot more than that, but, hey, $1500 is $1500, right? [click to continue…]
Keen on saving money in the long run? Like playing your part to conserve energy? Like answering “yes” to questions posed by the Internet?
Having an energy audit done on your home can give you all of this. [click to continue…]
You know that random “caaaaaaaaaah” that your toilet does now and again, even when it’s not in use? That’s so not good. Many loos in homes randomly cycle and in doing so, waste buckets of water each year. Even if you’ve never heard this cry for help from your older toilet, there’s a good chance it’s using more water each flush than it should or needs to.
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