November, 2007 Posts

The Energy Right program is an energy efficiency initiative offered by TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) and participating local power companies to promote the wise and efficient use of electricity in homes and small businesses. The program offers a broad range of services, including an energy efficiency rating system for new home construction, which help residents

According to Energy Star, “If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an Energy Star qualified bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.” 

E3 and other energy audits are nothing new, but with the recent push to “go green” these audits are newly discovered. Many home owners may not be aware of the unique state their home will be in during an energy test. Although each home is different there are a few basic steps that every home