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Some Ideas on Improving the ecoENERGY Residential Retrofit Program

March 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments

On Monday of this week, I was approached by a reporter for CBC’s The National news program to discuss different aspects of Canada’s ecoENERGY Residential Retrofit program.
Reporter Ron Charles was interested in possible ways the ecoENERGY program could be improved in advance of the Federal Government’s Budget, both from my own experience as a Canadian home […]

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Tags: Basement · Energy Conservation · Exterior · Finances · Home Maintenance · Solar (Exterior) Shades · Solar Air Heating · ecoENERGY

Optimum Placement of PowerCost Monitor Display Unit

February 25th, 2010 · No Comments

Several days ago I wrote the first of now several articles about the PowerCost Monitor and whether it has helped us reduce our electricity consumption as we continually strive to maximize the energy savings we achieve in our home.
It was in response to an email we received from Cathy, a visitor to DailyHomeRenoTips.com.
Over the past few […]

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Tags: Electronic Appliances · Energy Conservation · Finances · Notre Dame · Planning