If your home is like mine then the hottest months of the summer are often accompanied with the highest electric bills of the year due to our air conditioner running almost all the time just to keep the house at a bearable level of comfort. Air conditioners are great, but no matter whether you have a bunch of window AC units or a new energy-efficient central air conditioner unit, they still take a lot of electricity to run. If you want to lower your electric bills but still keep your house cool with your air conditioner then you’re …

I’ve decided to make a new home improvement category for this blog: Green Home Improvements. I didn’t set out to write very many “green” home improvement articles, but the high cost of electricity and gas has in the idea of saving energy merging with the idea of saving the environment. Now the entire idea of being green has really taken off, which means a lot more manufacturers are making home improvement products that are centered on saving energy and being good for the environment.

I’ve even gone back and tagged a few of the older home improvement articles here …

We’ve had a few days of warm weather here on the East Coast lately and my wife and I have been running the ceiling fans in most of our rooms to keep the rooms cool without having to turn on our central air conditioner quite yet. Even though its been relatively mild outside we have a few rooms that get a lot of sun and warm up rather quickly.

I was sitting in my office last night and commented that even though the fan above me was on medium speed that it didn’t feel as …

In case you’ve forgotten, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 offered tax credits to Americans for improving their homes with all sorts of energy saving and fuel efficient home upgrades. There are a lot of details about what counts and what doesn’t, but generally you could get tax credit for home improvements in 2007 like upgrading to new energy efficient windows, doors, roofing and even adding insulation. You could also get credit for installing a new high-efficiency furnace, air conditioning unit, sump pump, geo-thermal heat pump or water heater. You could even get tax credits …