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Keep Your Cool (and Your Cash) Cut your summer utility bills by as much as 40% with these simple savings tips. |
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Get Ready for the Heat Wave Here are six ways to save big bucks on summer cooling costs. |
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Brian Parsonnet's "Ice Bear" Makes Air Conditioning More Energy Efficient Here comes the next generation of innovators revolutionizing batteries. Brian Parsonnet led the development of the Ice Bear, a device that is attached to commercial air conditioners and uses ice to store energy, making cooling more efficient and easing the burden on the electric grid. |
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Stop Sweating That A/C Bill Small things (like changing the filter and cleaning the coil) can reduce your unit's original efficiency anywhere from 5% to 20% each year. Here are some additional tips that will help you beat the heat wave and keep your (financial) cool this summer. |
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Home Heating and Cooling Maintenance Keep Repairs At Bay Home maintenance isn't restricted to repairs. In fact, certain tasks -- when performed regularly -- may actually prevent things from breaking in the first place. |
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How to Adjust Your Car's A/C for Max Fuel Economy By adjusting the fan and temperature speed, you may be able to get better gas mileage. |
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Working Knowledge: Home Heating Pumps That Warm and Cool By extracting warmth and coolness from the outside air or ground, heat pumps can provide greater efficiency and lower cost over the long haul. |
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How to Fix Common Heating and Cooling Problems Appliances are meant to make our lives easier, which they usually do. Until, that is, they start leaking, heating imperfectly, burning toast they were supposed to brown, and generally malfunctioning. |
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Sustaining Your Energy Action Plan An energy action plan should start with a thorough analysis of the manufacturing facilities WAGES, that is, the five utilities water, air, gas, electricity and steam. |
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The Guide to Home Geothermal Energy Unlike wind and solar, geothermal's power source never varies. |
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How to Troubleshoot Common Refrigerator Problems Frosty frostless freezer... Water under the refrigerator... Icemaker isn't working... A puddle in the refrigerator... More frequent cycling... Refrigerator warning signs... |
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February 2008
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Air/Water Heat Exchangers Suitable for use in a range of manufacturing applications including those in harsh, aggressive environments, Rittal's air/water heat exchangers have no filters, condenser coils or refrigerants. |
The Motley Fool
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Cool Off Your Cooling Bill We're heading into the dog days of summer, July and August, when we'll likely fire up our air-conditioners and then wince when we open our electric bills. Here are some tips on how to reduce your cooling bills. |
Popular Mechanics
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MIT Team Turns Auto Parts Into Green Power for Remote Regions A group of recent graduates and grad students from MIT is reconfiguring parts from old cars to create a simple turbine that runs on the heat of the sun instead of the oil drum. |
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October 2009
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Refrigerants Go Au Naturel Demand chills for synthetic refrigerants on the eve of a 2010 phase-out; Nestle leads the way to a cool, all-natural future. |
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Save Energy and Dollars at Home There's money on the table for homeowners if you take some energy-saving steps. |
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Freshen Up Your Musty Interior Tips for getting the smell out of your automobile. |
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