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81Remodeling Your Home to be Energy Efficient
In America, there are around 58 million houses that were built before the last energy crisis. Because these pre-1970s houses have little or no insulation, they are all ripe for energy-efficiency improvements. Houses eat up 20% of the energy used in this coutry and account for 21% of the carbon dioxide that contributes to global warming. This adds up to a huge opportunity.
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83Tips to Fix Tankless Water Heater Problems
Also, known as demand water heaters, these compact units have long been used in Europe and in other parts of the world where energy costs are high. Here in the United States, the early adopters remember that in the 1980s, the installed units roared like jet engines. The slower the hot ware ran, the hotter it got, so adjusting the water temperature in the shower was often a challenge. Many people who installed tankless water heaters, ended up going back to replace them with tank-type heaters.
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77Use Solar Energy to Heat Water
This article can be viewed in full in the May 2008, edition 194 of Fine Homebuilding. "Solar Hot Water" was originally published by Scott Gibson. "A spike in energy prices and short-lived government...
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