Archive for December, 2006

Heating Your Home: Alternative Options

There are many ways to supplement your central heating system, but one of the most common is to use a fireplace to gain additional heat in your home.
Fireplaces are good as an extra heat source. Let’s say it runs on gas. If you have a power outage in the winter, you can get [...]

Save Energy — Plant Trees

When discussions concerning energy conservation crop up, everybody talks about insulation, heating and cooling equipment sizing, window types, attic fans and the like. But how often do you hear trees and bushes mentioned in the conversation?
However, thoughtful landscape design actually can lower the demands put on an air-conditioning and heating system, according to landscape architects [...]