Make Your Home Tight, Right and Sustainable.

Tight Castle provides helpful information on sustainable design, green building for reducing carbon footprint. A tight home saves energy, reduces global warming, provides increased comfort and is healthier for occupants. LEED for homes design, green construction techniques and clean energy should be priorities in new home construction and renovation. We encourage home owners to have a home energy audit as a first step toward reducing carbon footprint.

Growing Use of Geothermal Heat Pumps Will Enable Load-Balancing

Because the Earth maintains a constant temperature just 10 feet below the surface, systems that use shallow heat to control building temperatures above ground represent an easily accessible resource that can be deployed almost anywhere in the world. While the use of geothermal heat pumps and other forms of direct-use geothermal applications still make up [...]

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Remodeling projects, green upgrades add value to home ReviewJournal.com

BY PAUL BELL Q: What advice can you give me about remodeling my home? We may want to sell it in the coming years when the market rebounds and are wondering if it makes sense to do some basic remodeling and improvements. – Amy M., Las Vegas A: You’re not alone in considering some remodeling [...]

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Check Out TopTen USA. | Energy Circle

Buying Electronics? Appliances? Cars? Check Out TopTen USA. A new website called TopTen USA was recently launched. A non-profit modeled after similar similar programs in 16 countries (which are all loosely affiliated under the TopTen International Group banner), its purpose is to rank consumer products based on their energy efficiency, and to provide shoppers with [...]

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Heat Pumps, Geothermal : ENERGY STAR

Did You Know? Depending on where you live, replacing your old heating and cooling equipment with a more efficient, ENERGY STAR qualified model can cut your annual energy bill by more than $200. Geothermal heat pumps (GHPs) are among the most efficient and comfortable heating and cooling technologies currently available, because they use the earth’s [...]

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Insulating Your Home for Winter the Eco-Friendly Way

There are much better alternatives than this pink, fiberglass stuff for us to use! Eco friendly insulation, and insulating your home is an eco-friendly thing to do in itself. But using these types of insulation materials makes it double-green! Here are some safe tips on how you can start insulating your home for winter in [...]

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Solar Water Heating and Solar Hot Water | How Sungrabber Solar Water Heaters Work | Made in the USA

Sungrabber Solar Water Heater How Sungrabber Heats Your Water Using Solar Energy Automated pumps circulate two separate loops of water, one through the solar collectors and one through the water heater The solar loop is heated on the roof inside the Sungrabber collectors This heat is transferred down to the water tank where it heats [...]

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On Building Codes, Dinosaur Builders, and the Changing Market for Energy Efficient Homes

By Peter Troast – June 17th, 2010 One of the big challenges for gaining broader acceptance for the idea of low energy use homes is how to get the real estate market to value energy efficiency. Sadly, granite counter tops, tiled bathrooms and hardwood floors continue to be the amenities most real estate people claim [...]

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