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September 30
from Technology Watch

3 New Ways to Optimize Your Home Performance Business in Google Places. Professional content

Google Tags

Google Places is an important tool to market your energy efficiency business, and it's new and improved: here are 3 new ways to optimize your business. Read the full story

September 24
from News & Trends

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

The most important news and stories in home energy efficiency and home performance contracting, from September 20-24, 2010. Read the full story

September 24
from News & Trends

ReCircle: Battle of the Light Bulbs, Tinker Bell on Conservation, Weatherizing Your House, and more!

Tinker Bell

The best energy efficiency news from the week: Tinker Bell on energy conservation, the battle to save the incandescent bulb, energy efficient schools, and more! Read the full story

September 24
from Thinkers

How to Save the World with an Energy Monitor. This article contains a video.

David Glover IgniteOKC

David Glover discusses how to save the world by using simple energy monitoring tools like the Kill-a-Watt and Google PowerMeter. Read the full story

September 23
from Thinkers

Lawn Signs and Beyond: What’s Your Message? Professional content

Lawn Sign: $500 in Savings

As part of our continued local marketing series: 6 lawn sign ideas to help spread your message effectively, all around the neighborhood. Read the full story

September 21
from Product Reviews

PlotWatt: Energy Use Per Appliance from Electricity Monitor Data

PlotWatt

Over this summer, I have been beta testing a new product called PlotWatt that can use the data from energy monitors such as the TED 5000 or Wattvision and figure out which appliances are… Read the full story

September 19
from News & Trends

One 10 Year Old's Review of DOE's Tinker Bell Energy Saving Public Service Announcement

Tinker Bell, Energy Efficiency Mascot

DOE and the Ad Council released a new public service announcement (PSA) aimed at 8-10 year olds. One kid thinks its a little simplistic. Read the full story

September 17
from News & Trends

ReCircle: Smaller Houses, Better LEDs, the Jevons Paradox, and more!

LED home lighting

The best energy efficiency news from the week: homes getting smaller, LED lights getting better, the economics of home energy efficiency, and more! Read the full story

September 17
from News & Trends

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

The most important news and stories in home energy efficiency and home performance contracting, from September 13-17, 2010. Read the full story

September 13
from Thinkers

Homeownership in Decline: The End of an Era?

Average home size and homeownership may both be in decline.

An integral part of the ever-elusive American Dream has always been homeownership; for the first time, it looks like that might be changing. Read the full story