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Garbage Bag Airflow Test

There are times when you need to know the airflow from your furnace registers, bathroom exhaust fan or clothes dryer exhaust.

For example, if a house has one cold room in the winter, it is useful to find out if this is because your furnace isn't supplying enough warm air. If you installed a new bathroom exhaust fan, you could use the test to see if it is working properly.

This fact sheet tells you how to do the CMHC Garbage Bag Airflow Test. The Test is a quick way to… Continue

You've got a great house. But chances are it's riddled with holes, gaps and leaks. Some lead to the outside, providing neat little doggy-doors for ladybugs, flies, and cold (or warm) air. Some lead to the upper-reaches of your house – providing opportunities for warm, moist air to travel from the basement to the attic, where the moisture collects, crea… Continue

You don't have to be an an extreme environmentalist to feel the affects of saving energy. Saving energy also saves water. How? It takes 25 gallons of water to produce 1 kWh of energy from a coal fired plant.

Use these tips to start saving energy for free!

1. HVAC thermostat setting – 68 Winter, 78 Summer
2. Water Heater set at 120 degrees
3. Set refrigerator/freezer t

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By Renee Schoof
McClatchy Newspapers
Posted: Monday, Oct. 19, 2009

WASHINGTON The White House will release a plan today that is intended to remove some of the obstacles that prevent middle-class Americans from getting energy audits and making their homes more energy-efficient.

America's nearly 130 million homes generate about 20 percent of the nation's emissions of carbon dioxide, the principal heat-trapping gas, says a report being released today by the White House Council on Environmental Qu… Continue

Thought was an interesting point of view...love to hear everyone's thoughts.....

We're tired of bubbles, right? Anyone 30 or older has lived through two big ones so far, with a brief period of prosperity separating the decimation of dot-com largesse and mortgage-fueled paper wealth. It could take until 2014 for the jobs lost to be replenished, and there's little reason for optimism.

So, w… Continue