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10 Tips to Save Money and Energy When You Do Laundry
Most families do more than 400 loads of laundry a year, costing upwards of $600. Trim those costs with these energy-saving tricks. Here’s a fun laundry room fact: The average American family washes 300 loads of laundry a year, spending as much … Continue reading
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Programming your Thermostat
Owners of programmable thermostats are misusing the devices, according to research from Energy Research & Social Science journal. About 40% don’t use programming features, and 33% had programming features overridden. But it’s really not that hard, and it’s definitely worth … Continue reading
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Tagged AC, air, energy, energy savings, features, furnace, heat, heating, high-tech, home, power, price, programming, reduce, Summer, technology, thermostat
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Solar Energy for a Home
9 Steps to Help Decide on Solar Energy for a Home Provide value-add for your green-minded clients and walk them through what they need to consider before installing solar panels. February 5, 2021 by Brandon Doyle, Vincent Ferro 3 Takeaways A homeowner should … Continue reading
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Best Time Of The Year To Buy Things For Your Home
Buying stuff can be stressful. Knowing the best time of the year to buy appliances and other household items can lessen the anxiety. Furniture: You could save 30% to 60% buying furniture in January and July, as stores try to … Continue reading
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Tagged appliances, cabinetry, cabinets, color, decorations, dishwasher, energy effeciant, energy savings, floor, flooring, floors, furniture, gardeners, gardening, hardwood, hardwood flooring, hardwood floors, holidays, houselogic, kitchen, kitchen flooring, lawn mower care, modern, mow grass, NAR, October, oven, paint, prices, range, realtor, Sale, Sales, Snow, spring, Thanksgiving, time, tools
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4 Curb Appeal Projects to Max Out Your Home’s Value
The yard of your dreams just might be more achievable than you thought. You’ve been spending so much time on projects inside your home (like that new shower you have to drag yourself out of), that your front yard is … Continue reading
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Tagged color, curb appeal, design, energy savings, features, front yard, home, home value, house, houselogic, landscape, lawn, look, lower utility bills, money, NAR, national association of realtors, outside, plants, potential, price, property, quality, realtor, remodel, remodeling, room, time, trees, WA
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PNNL gets gold certification for building green
New laboratory building for PNNL in Richland have been built with green technology and materials, and that in turn has earned PNNL with a gold certification level from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. The Biological Sciences Facility and … Continue reading
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Tagged building green, earth day, energy savings, environmental design, going green, gold certification, gold status, green technology, LEED, pnnl, richland, richland wa, tri cities, tri cities wa
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Easy steps to save energy at home
Like a car, your home needs to be running efficiently to save you money. Is your home running as efficiently as it can? Does it need a tune-up? Take a moment and review some easy steps you can make to … Continue reading
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