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Improving the Efficiency of Your Water Heater

Customers often look for ways to trim monthly energy bills. Next to heating & cooling, water heating accounts for the next largest chunk of your bill (13%-16%). For this reason, it makes a lot of sense to direct considerable effort toward improving water heating efficiency. If...

TV Buydown...

Idaho Power is partnering with the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) in a campaign to promote televisions that are especially energy efficient. Idaho Power and NEEA are promoting the TVs as part of a consumer electronics campaign designed to help reduce household power use—the...

Bonus Rooms...

The Home Performance with Energy Star program has consistently alluded to comfort as the main reason to invest in greater home efficiency. If difficult to condition spaces are an indication of an efficiency opportunity then bonus rooms and upstairs spaces represent an efficiency...

Cooking Up Savings in t...

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, kitchen appliances account for more than 20% of the total electric bill in the average home. When you add to this the hot water and lights used, it becomes obvious that the kitchen represents a substantial area for energy savings. Every...

Outdoor Lighting Tips...

Outdoor lighting is a great way to help make your home safe and secure, especially as our nights get longer each fall. But outdoor lights use energy and are often left on overnight for 12 hours or more. To stay safe and save energy, evaluate your lighting needs, limit the hours...

Showerheads and Energy ...

Overview According to the Department of Energy, heating water is the second-largest energy user in a home. It’s typically responsible for about 13% of the bill. So reducing hot water usage can result in a substantial amount of energy savings. A standard shower head sprays 5...

Filter Cleaning...

Change Your Air Filters Regularly The US Department of Energy’s Energy Star program recommends that you “change your filter every month, especially during heavy use months (winter and summer). If the filter looks dirty after a month, change it. At a minimum, change the filter...

Radiant Barriers...

Radiant Barriers There are three methods by which heat can be transferred. Heat is transferred between materials by conduction, (like touching a hot surface;) convection, (like touching the air near a hot surface,) and by radiation, (the warmth that you feel directly from the sun...

Ceiling Fans...

A ceiling fan can help cool your home down and save you energy. Some rooms in your house can be 15 degrees warmer at the ceiling than at the floor. A well-placed ceiling fan can reduce this difference to only 3 degrees. Be sure to shop for an ENERGY STAR® qualified unit. Ceiling...

Attic Fans & Venti...

History Lesson The original purpose for putting ventilation in attics was to exhaust moisture from the crawl spaces under houses. That’s right – most older buildings were framed in such a way that there were lots of direct connections between the crawl space and the...

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