This summer, we showed you Hangrohe's PuraVida iPhone app, which enables users to virtually redesign their bathrooms with PuraVida products. And now, as the nights get longer and the days get cooler, we bring you Napoleon Fireplaces' Design Studio iPhone App. This...
A couple weeks ago I had some friends over for an early evening BBQ on the shore of a thawed out Lake Champlain. As the sun descended over New York we thought it would be a good idea to start a fire in the homemade fire pit, which is little more than the rusted bottom...
In the market for a new central heating or cooling system? Why not by one that is "solar ready?" Like an HD-ready TV, Lennox's "SunSource Home Energy System" is a residential heating and cooling system ready to be run off solar panel modules. On it's own the...
It's not monsters in the attic you have to worry about. It's the cold. Here is yet another way to save money this winter, this time with an eye on heat loss into the attic. The Shuttercover Trim to Fit is an insulated cover for the shutters of your whole-house attic...
The people at NASA have every right to toot their own horn. They routinely send people into space, they've found water on the moon and they've sent a number of funny-looking ATVs off-roading on the surface of Mars. So I won't hold it against them that they have their...
Indoor air quality continues to remain a popular topic among today’s homeowners as it has been linked to a variety of health concerns and issues including asthma, respiratory ailments, cancer and even death. Poor indoor air quality stems from inadequate ventilation,...
The new R-Plus Insulation from Terminix is like the kid in high school who did everything well. As most plodded along pulling B's and girls' braids, this Renaissance Man hit home runs for the baseball team, played drums for the popular high school rock band and wrote...
Most window blinds are used to keep the sun -- and heat -- out of the home. These SolarChoice blinds do the exact opposite -- they increase the heat in the home. The "Heaters", as they are called, are winter window treatments that purportedly reduce heating costs up...
When dealing with a carbon footprint as large as the Big Apple's, replacing residential conventional heating oil with biofuel to reduce the city's emissions seems like bailing out the Titanic with a Dixie Cup. Still, that's what Brooklyn-based Boro Fuel is doing, by...
No doubt, the folks over at the Department of Energy have red faces right now. A recent audit found the government agency advising Americans on conserving energy, has wasted $11.5 million by not using programmable thermostats in their buildings."They've actually...
