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HVAC Zoning Controls Homeowners would like to increase their comfort level while conserving energy. An excellent method to do this is through zoning. |
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Geothermal Heat Pump For the ultimate in comfort and energy conservation, start by digging a hole. |
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Radiant Floor Heating Keeping your feet warm saves energy as it provides the ultimate in comfort. |
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The Cold Sweat and Hot Chills of HVAC Security With the increased reliability of HVAC home automation solutions, you can enjoy the benefits of control, convenience and energy savings in your home. By integrating the security system to the HVAC system, you can greatly simplify the effort of pulling it all together. |
Popular Mechanics
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How Your Heating System Works: A Primer Regardless of what prompts you to take a second look at your house's heating system, or perhaps the first look, you do need to be conversant with what makes it tick. Here are the basics. |
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Wall-Mounted Radiators Recalled by Rettig Belgium Due to Crush Hazard; Child's Death Reported The radiator can come loose from the wall, and fall on people near it. |
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IBM: Data Centers Could Cool Themselves With Their Own Waste Heat The centers, which use tremendous amounts of energy, will become far more efficient if "waste heat" generated by churning data centers can be converted into cool air. |
AskMen.com
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Temperature Wars In The Office Keeping offices comfortable for employees is virtually impossible, since "comfortable" means something different to everyone. |
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Feeling the Heat Wave New research on ways to mitigate the urban heat island effect is showing that simple techniques show promise in at least partially reversing the urban warming. |
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Smart Thermostats The latest energy-saving devices can talk to your power company -- and you |
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Air-Conditioning Actually Emits Less C0 2 Than Heating When it's 0 degrees outside, you've got to raise the indoor thermometer to 70 degrees. In 110-degree weather, you need to change the temperature by only 40 degrees. |
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8 Hot Radiators from MAD's Totally Rad Collection Yes, you can stay warm and stylish at the same time. |
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Which Radiant Floor Heating System is Best for Me? The answer lies in the type of project you are doing. Not every system is ideal for every project, but there is an ideal system for every project. |
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Calling in an HVAC Pro Tips for dealing with the pros who maintain and repair your heating and cooling systems... |
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Turn Up Your Heater How to determine if your vehicle's heater system is under-performing. |
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Now, Your Home Will Call You When There's a Problem While away, temperatures in your home or business will be carefully monitored, and you will automatically be notified via telephone whenever there is a dramatic on-site change in ambient temperature or other conditions. |
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Easy Ways To Save On Energy Bills Saving energy isn't hard. Try some of these tips and check next month's bill. You'll find that you can save money on energy almost without thinking about it. |
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August 2010
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Denmark's Net-Zero-Energy Home With Home for Life, VKR Holding aims to bring carbon-neutral houses to the masses |
The Motley Fool
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Save on Heating Costs Winter is on the way, and we'll soon be experiencing paroxysms of despair when we open our heating bills. Here are some tips on heating your home for less. |
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Debate over microwave boost to reactions rumbles on Researchers at Florida State University report two new papers that support a microwave-specific heating effect. |
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Eight Homeowners Save Over $12,275 on Energy How? By putting power-saving technologies to work inside their homes. Read on to see if you can do the same. |
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Warm News for Winter Take some control over winter heating bills. |
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Interior Ministry Interior decorator Leslie Tuttle demystifies the process that has gone into making the McCues' great old house a well-loved home... |
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Weak Baseboard Heaters Must you replace baseboard heaters that have gotten miserly with the heat? Maybe not. |
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Hold In That Hot Air! Part 2 Winter's coming; here are more winterizing steps for big energy savings. |
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Cool Polymers: Toward the Microwave Oven Version of the Refrigerator Getting a bigger chill out of polymers that respond to electric fields. |
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Heated Driveways: Who, What, Where, When, Why, & How Electric snow melting systems for your driveway are fairly easy to install, and any experienced "do-it-yourselfer," contractor, or electrician would be a candidate for installing a system. |
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Warming Up to Electricity Will next year's stock winners be fueled by this winter's energy turmoil? |
Popular Mechanics
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How to Replace Your Car's Radiator: DIY Auto If you have a bad plastic-tank radiator, you might as well just buy a new one. If you have a copper-and-brass radiator, it might be repairable at a radiator shop. Either way, save some money by doing the removal and installation yourself. |
Food Processing
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New Food Rollout: July 2010 Yummy treats to help beat the heat. |
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Lower Your Heating Costs As winter settles in, here are some money-saving tips for keeping the cold out. |
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December 18, 2000 |
Heat In The Industrial Workplace Changes in both climatic conditions and industrial workplace practices have come to create greater heat- and fatigue-related problems than ever before. |
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WestPoint Stevens Inc. Recall of Electric Blankets When the blanket is folded, the heating element can overheat, causing the heating element and blanket to melt. This poses the risk of thermal burns to consumers. |
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April 7, 2009 |
How to Banish Basement Pipe Problems The way water comes in and goes out of the home is one of those processes we take for granted -- until we can't take a shower or make the toilet flush properly. |
