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Assess Your Home Envelope and More with an Energy Audit
Your home’s efficiency & comfort are only as strong as your home’s ability to separate the indoor, conditioned spaces from the outdoor temperature & elements. You can have the most…
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How do I get Geothermal Energy to my home?
If you grabbed a shovel this Summer, went into your backyard and started digging into the earth, pretty soon you would notice the temperature would get cooler, and stay that…
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Central AC vs Window AC Units
When it comes to cooling a home, there’s more than one route that homeowners can decide to take. Fans can certainly help take the edge off, but are only effective…
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Benefits of a Ductless Mini Split
There’s been a great deal of buzz among New Jersey home performance contractors over the course of the past few years about ductless mini split systems. Heating and cooling systems…
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Is a Home Energy Audit What You Need?
Many homeowners don’t realize that energy efficiency and home comfort issues are lurking right under their noses; and those who do recognize them often feel powerless to do anything about…
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6 Ways to Improve Your Home’s Air Quality
Whether they realize it or not, many people living in Central New Jersey take their home’s air quality for granted. This being said, there are plenty of circumstances where air…
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Out on a Ledge
LUCKY ME: I spent last weekend in Puerto Rico visiting my brother, whose company relocated from Texas to the “Isla de Encanta” (“Island of Love”, the slogan on their license…
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Your Air Conditioner Needs a Tune-Up Before Summer
Central New Jersey residents know that there are few better places in the country to spend the summer. At the same token, there’s no hiding the fact that it can…
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You Get What You Pay For
My wife & I recently had the “pleasure” of trying to find our 12 year old daughter a catcher’s mitt for her fast-pitch softball league; which on the surface may…
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The end of one hibernation season – the start of another?
We spend so much of our time indoors in this area, and especially these past few months with all of the extreme cold we’ve had – I know I only…
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NJ Contractor Profits by Adding Home Performance Contracting
In this down economy, many HVAC contractors are finding it a challenge to find new customers and hold on to employees. In response to the economic downturn, some of those…