Posts Tagged "Residential"
Smart Cooling Tips for an Energy-Efficient Home
As temperatures start to rise, keeping your home cool doesn’t have to mean cranking up the air conditioning. In fact, simple strategies like using fans effectively and improving airflow can make a big difference in your comfort— and your energy bills. At night, we recommend using fans...
READ MORELighting Overview
Choosing a light bulb can be challenging because there are so many options at the store. This week, we’re providing information on how to choose a bulb and calculate lighting savings when you upgrade to a high-efficiency product. The most common types of bulbs include incandescent, halogen,...
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Once you’ve decided WHAT to do to improve your home’s energy efficiency, you face the challenge of finding WHO can do the work. Fortunately, Efficiency Maine has made that second step easy—by offering an online “Find a Vendor” search tool. This page of the Efficiency Maine website...
READ MOREEfficiency Maine’s Innovation Program
Efficiency Maine’s Innovation Program provides modest funding for pilot projects to demonstrate new types of energy efficiency, conservation, alternative energy measures, or new strategies for promoting existing measures. The program has two pilot projects underway. The first, a building...
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