Solar and Geothermal – Perfect Together
Solar is a great renewable energy product to reduce electrical energy needs. Consider adding geothermal for your renewable heating and cooling needs. Geothermal heating and cooling is used to condition buildings. It uses the earth's [...]
Apartment Trends: Heating and Air Conditioning Upgrades
Over the past couple of months a new trend has been occurring. Apartment complex owners and managers are looking to add or replace furnaces and air conditioning in their rental units. Today's renter is different [...]
California ISO Declares Flex-Alert Statewide – Be Energy Efficient
FLEX ALERT California ISO Declares Flex-Alert Statewide With a major heat wave bearing down on California, the ISO is declaring a Flex Alert August 10 through August 12, 2012. Consumers are urged to reduce their [...]
Maintaining Healthy Indoor Air Quality
Posted By Susan Nichol for Jillian Watkinson About the Author: Jillian Watkinson is extremely passionate about remodeling and interior design. She’s constantly looking for ways to clean up her place and make it as beautiful—and [...]
New Use For Swamp Cooler – as a Chilled Water Loop
When working at a building in Sunnyvale, CA we were planning to place a new chiller and chilled water loop in operation for a customer, while there we ran across the equipment pad and saw the equipment in the photo below. We weren’t sure whether to be in awe of the cleverness of the designer for this equipment configuration or wonder why something like this was created. What you see in this picture is a car radiator married to a swamp cooler and the swamp cooler blows cooled air through it. In the San Francisco bay area of California the swamp cooler will cool the ambient air 15 degrees. This means that if it is 90 degrees outside – the air out of the swamp cooler will be 75 degrees.
Drastically Reduce or Eliminate Your High Propane Costs
Many people living in rural areas such as the outskirts of the San Franciso Bay are using propane for heating their homes, heating water and other functions because there are no natural gas lines to [...]
Timid About Sporting that Sleeveless at a Wine Tasting?
Everyone wants to look their best whether by the pool sipping a cold one or visiting your favorite vineyard for a wine tasting. There are lots of exercises focused on core muscles and legs etc., [...]
