A wealth of money saving products -Backpacker

January 27
from News & Trends

ReCircle: State of the Union, Heating Your Home for Free, The Greenest Buildings of All, and more!

President Obama during the State of the Union Address 2012

The most important home energy efficiency news of the week: President Obama's State of the Union, how to heat your home for free, Opower's rapid growth, and more! Read the full story

January 27
from News & Trends

Around the Web: Energy Circle's Hand-Picked Links, Chosen Especially for Energy Efficiency Pros. Professional content

The best news and views from the week for Home Performance contractors, energy auditors, HERS raters, and other home energy efficiency professionals. Read the full story

BUZZ

"Powerhouse Dynamics expects its first customers this week to receive its eMonitor home energy manager, a product that enters a crowded market for tracking where energy goes in the home. " -eMonitor home energy tracker drills deep

Most of the energy monitoring tools on the market right now gather aggregate information about the overall electricity use of a home. But the new eMonitor from PowerHouse Dynamics could change all this with circuit level monitoring. -Jetson Green Next Gen Whole House Energy Monitor

"With two laptop-loving children and a Jack Russell terrier hemmed in by an electric fence, Peter Troast figured his household used a lot of power. Just how much did not really hit him until the night the family turned off the overhead lights at their home in Maine and began hunting gadgets that glowed in the dark." -The New York Times

"Energy Circle... a sort-of Consumer Reports for cost-effective energy efficient gadgetry." -BoingBoing

"A wealth of money-saving products..." -Backpacker

"Just might inspire you to tune into your energy use and turn off a switch or two." -Treehugger

"Energy Circle is one of my newfound favorite how-to websites for the green homeowner, offering instructional videos on everything from installing low-flow water fixtures to installing recessed LED ceiling lights." -Mother Nature Network

"A terrifically useful source of information about home energy improvements... [a] petri dish of empirical and very real-world vetting of building products and methodologies." -Remodeling Magazine

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