Keep Dirty Air Out of Your Home or Purify It
If your home has an attached garage, contaminated air from your garage could be degrading the quality of your indoor air. Continue reading “Are You Letting The Contaminated Air From Your Garage Get Into Your Home?”
Knowing How Your Home Uses Energy Will Help You Choose Wisely
If you’re starting the process of choosing a new HVAC system, the first and most important step to take is getting a load calculation. Continue reading “Need A New HVAC System? Do A Load Calculation First”
Make Your Home More Energy EfficientWhen you make investments in your home that lead to long-term home energy savings, you’ll be rewarded with lower energy bills year-round. Unlike other kinds of investments, there’s no risk when you spend some time and money to increase your home’s energy efficiency. Continue reading “Smart Investments That Promise Long-Term Home Energy Savings”
Time to Seal Things Up for Long, Cold, Long Island Winter DaysThe cold grip of winter isn’t far off, which means that energy consumption is going to be high to keep your home comfortably warm. Continue reading “Ways To Cut Your Energy Consumption This Winter”
What to Do If Your AC Stops WorkingYour A/C is an important component of your Long Island home, keeping you cool in the summer months. When your air conditioner malfunctions, your first reaction may be to call for service. And while you may need to, there are some things you can check yourself first. Continue reading “Your Malfunctioning Air Conditioner: Easy Troubleshooting Tips”
Reduce Heating and Cooling Bills with a Sealed HomeWhile some air leaks are noticeable enough to create an uncomfortable draft, your home probably has air leaks in hidden places you don’t even know about. To create a tight seal in the home’s outer envelope and improve energy efficiency, you need to find and fix leaks where they are most prominent: in the walls, the attic floor, and the basement ceiling. Continue reading “Those Pesky Air Leaks In Your Long Island Home: Find Them, And Fix Them”
Trim Your Energy Bill With a Simple DIY Energy Audit
Long Island can be a rewarding but expensive place to live. If you’re looking for ways to save money, consider performing an energy evaluation of your own home. Continue reading “The Home Energy Evaluation You Do Yourself: A Weekend Job With Long-Term Potential”
Clean Air is an Important to Your Home’s Overall Environmental Health
Your home’s indoor air quality is of vital importance. Keeping tabs on air quality and making necessary adjustments will keep contaminants out of your home as we approach summer in the Long Island area. Continue reading “Check Your Home’s Indoor Air Quality”
Are You Getting Higher Energy Bills? Learn Why It Might Be HappeningIf your home comfort is not up to par, it will generally result in an unpleasant living environment that leaves you feeling stressed and uncomfortable. When decreased home comfort combines with high energy bills, look to the following three possible problem areas in your home. Then, take action to remedy the problem. Continue reading “Diminished Home Comfort And High Energy Costs? 3 Possible Problems”
Not too many people wander up into their unfinished attic after the cold weather hits—but winter is the perfect time to check and see if your attic ventilation is sufficient. Why? Because sub-freezing temperatures can make it easier to spot two of the biggest problems associated with poor ventilation: condensation and water damage from ice dams. Continue reading “Check Your Ventilation If You Discover Water In Your Attic”
