Keeping Your Utility Bills Low and Affordable
If your utility bills are becoming harder to afford, then read on for some of the best tips and tricks that you can make the most of today.
Heating/Cooling
Managing Heatwaves the Easy Way
With summers becoming hotter year on year, more people than ever are struggling to cope with freak heatwaves globally.
3 Golden Rules For Optimal Home Energy Efficiency
An energy efficient home is something we all strive for, but there is no denying that much of the advice on the subject can be confusing.
REVIEW: ecobee3 Smart Thermostat
The new king of thermostats. I love my Nest thermostat. Well… I used to. As construction neared completion on our new home, I enthusiastically purchased two 3rd generation Nest thermostats since I had such a good experience with a first-gen…
REVIEW: Rheem EcoNet Smart Water Heater
Smart and efficient. There are lots of decisions to make when designing a home, but one that very few folks spend time on is choosing a water heater. It seems like the only meaningful decision to make over the last…
REVIEW UPDATE: Culer Solo Cooler
Some cool improvements. Disclaimer: The folks at Culer very kindly supplied a Culer Solo for this review. As always, the opinions are my own. As we enter the thick of the summer, if you’re anything like our family, I’m sure…
REVIEW: Culer Home Space Cooler
Feeling is believing. Disclaimer: The folks at Culer very kindly provided a unit for this review. As always, the opinions are my own. I hate being hot. Summer is easily my least favorite season on the year, so much so…
First Look: Rheem Hybrid Heat Pump Water Heater with EcoNet
A long, hot shower without the guilt. As much as I never thought I’d write a post about a water heater, I bet you never expected to read a blog post about one… but, here we both are! As it…
REVIEW: Seek Thermal Camera
It turns out my nose is cold. Smart phone cameras keep getting better and better. A device that used to take blurry images the size of a postage stamp can now take 40 megapixel panoramas, high definition video, and macro…
Quirky+GE Introduce 8 New Wink Enabled Smart Home Products
Just hours after we took our first look at the awesome Wink Hub, the folks at Quirky have introduced 8 very interesting new smart home products to complement the rest of the Wink-compatible line up: The Norm – $80 –…
