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Go Green With Geothermal and Uncle Sam Might Pay You!

One of the bigger financial benefits of installing a geothermal system is the tax credit that you will be eligible to receive. When the Energy Improvement Act of 2008 was passed it offered a one time tax credit of 30% of the TOTAL investment for homeowners who install residential ground loop or ground water geothermal [...]

Wasting Energy In Your Sleep?

Did you know that over 5% of the energy usage in your home each year is consumed by electronics that you assume are turned off when not in use?  The US spends over $5.8 million dollars a year on something called “phantom power”, and growing at a rapid pace.  That is an estimated 65 billion [...]

A Solution to Mold and Mildew? Germicidal Lamps

  Germicidal lamps work along side other indoor air filtration systems to keep your indoor air quality healthy. The lamp uses intense rays of ultraviolet light to kill and control things like bacteria and mold that grow inside your home.  Research has shown that the air in your home may be up to five times [...]

Green Building with Natural Cork

When looking for a flooring product to put in your home, you might want to consider this alternative, instead of traditonal flooring. Today's average consumer is interested in healthy living and looks for products that support this ideal. Natural Cork is one of those products Natural Cork is environmentally correct as well as improving health [...]

How Clean Is The Air In Your Home?

Weather you are living in a newly built home or an older one you and your family are at risk of suffering from poor indooor air qulaity. There are three types of contaminants that can cause the air quality in your home to be poor. First there are particles which include things like pet dander, [...]

Fast & Free Ways To Conserve Energy, and Money

Cutting back unnecessary energy use is an easy way to keep your hard earned money in your pocket. Here are some suggestions you can do at home, at absolutely no cost to you. Let the sunshine in. Open drapes and let the sun heat your home for free (get them closed again at sundown so [...]

Out With The Old & In With the New! R-22 vs R-410A Refrigerant

For the past 40 years R-22 has been the refrigerant of choice for most residential H.V.A.C. equipment. R-22 is a chlorine based HCFC. An HCFC molecule is made of chlorine, fluorine, carbon and hydrogen atoms. It has been tested and is believed that because of how R-22 is produced, that it plays a part in [...]

How Geothermal Heat Pumps Help The Environment

 Geothermal heat pumps help electric utilities see significant reductions in their demand loads and by reducing the demand in turn reduces the need for new power plants which then reduces the need for natural resources like coal and gas. Geothermal heat pumps also reduce the possibility of acid rain, air pollution and global warming- problems caused in part by [...]

Why Carbon Monoxide Test?

  Simply put if you don’t test, you won’t know and not knowing can put you and your family at risk for Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Carbon Monoxide is a deadly, colorless, odorless and poisonous gas. It is produced when various fuels, like coal and natural gas, are not completely burned. There are ways to prevent [...]

Why is Duct Testing Important?

In residential central heating and cooling systems, the conditioned (heated or cooled) air is delivered to each room of the home through a "supply" duct system, the first half of the duct system. These ducts are used as pathways to deliver air to each room in the home and the "return" duct system or second [...]