The weather in San Antonio has been so wonderful lately. We have enjoyed cool mornings and a pleasant breezy evening which has me throwing windows open, enjoying the fresh air and a lower utility bill ...
Drafty windows can make your home uncomfortable and significantly affect your heating and cooling bills. You can save an average of 15 percent on these costs when you seal the gaps around your home ...
Why do buildings have windows? It seems a bit crazy to design secure shelter against enemies and the environment only to construct openings in the sidewalls of a house. But for several thousand years, ...
There are many renter- and homeowner-friendly fixes for drafty windows so you can keep your warm air inside where it belongs.
Because covered windows improve heat retention, your furnace or heat pump doesn’t have to work as hard, lowering your heating ...
Windows, whether in homes or commercial buildings, are a notorious source of energy inefficiency, letting too much heat indoors in the summer, or too much heat outdoors in the winter. This ...
Physicists at CU Boulder have designed a new material for insulating windows that could improve the energy efficiency of buildings worldwide—and it works a bit like a high-tech version of Bubble Wrap.
Winter road trips can be cozy, but not if your RV is freezing inside. Insulate your vehicle with this everyday item you might ...
Annual energy bills go up, and most of the cost literally escapes through walls, windows, and spaces you can’t even see. Cheap insulation isn’t cheap — it makes homes uncomfortable, with cold air in ...
In nature, heat goes to cold in any direction through almost any type of material. Wherever you have heat it will move to cold. When you walk across that cold ceramic tile floor at two AM in the ...