I am just so sick about this whole oil spill thing that I want to do something about how we heat the water in our house–and our house in general. Currently, we have an oil boiler/furnace that heats our water and a baseboard heating system. And it is all oil-dependent. Getting our last “budget” oil [...]
One of the benefits I’m looking forward to from our renovation project in 2009 (besides the obvious new space) is the tax benefits we should be able to enjoy. For example, when we installed new windows, we paid extra for the contractor to buy the super energy-efficient version so that we can take advantage of [...]
Pretty soon we’re going to be choosing new windows, doors and appliances for the renovated part of our home. And as luck would have it, a press release about tax credits on new, energy-efficient windows and doors ended up in my in-box recently. Here’s the deal. There are new tax credits available, thanks to the [...]
Last week we received our last oil bill for the winter season. Despite our having locked in at a respectable per-gallon rate for oil a year ago, we ended up spending more on oil than I’d anticipated–this despite our heat-cutting measures with keeping the thermostat lower and what not. After doing some snooping around in [...]
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