Energy Efficiency
You forget to turn off the lights when you leave the room. You run the AC when you’re not at home. You use your dishwasher and laundry machines during the day. These are behaviors you can control that can make a dent in saving energy use at home. But what about the bigger things jacking…
If this image makes you as irrationally angry as it makes me, today’s Upon Closer Inspection is for you. I hate being hot. I enjoy summer, don’t get me wrong. But this is just punishing heat. When you work from home as many do now, and your kids are still home from school, and it’s…
Last week, we shared some tips for HVAC home maintenance to keep your system running efficiently this summer. It turns out there are more than one column’s worth of tips that you can do yourself – that’s right, we are actually recommending you DIY! Twice! If you missed last week’s Upon Closer Inspection, our golden…
As Dallas begins to embrace accessory dwelling units, tiny homes, and alternative construction materials, another cost-effective housing solution is now on the market. South Carolina-based ECLIPSE Cottages is building 128-square-foot, solar-powered, energy-efficient homes with off-the-grid capability. Like the tiny homes and the 3D concrete-printed models we’ve featured recently, they’re not for everybody, but they offer…
The Inflation Reduction Act represents the most ambitious climate spending package in U.S. history, but will it fix our energy woes?
