Merry Christmas from Green Improvement Consulting. We would like to help provide you with the gift of a comfortable, affordable and safe home this holiday season. Now through January 13 we are offering 15% off attic insulation when you mention this blog. Take...
Make Home Energy Efficiency Your New Year’s Resolution
Still debating on that New Year’s resolution? Pledging to make your home more efficient is the perfect resolution. Increasing efficiency in the home will make your home more comfortable, your bills cheaper and help the Earth all at the same time. Here is a short list...
Update: The Perks of Going Solar
We recently published a blog about our co-owner, Luke Smith, going solar. We thought we’d share some of the super cool features that Luke has been able to play with since his solar system was installed. Every solar installation will need a micro-inverter. The...
Say Goodbye to Incandescent Light Bulbs in 2014
Some of you might not have realized, but legislation passed in 2007 by George W. Bush will ban the production of 40 & 60 watt incandescent light bulbs beginning today. This was part of a law that slowly phased out all incandescents. In 2012 all 100 watt bulbs were...
Correction – Estjoe.com Yeilds Number one on Bing and Yahoo Search
Yesterday I posted – Our recent event http://estjoe.com/event/home-energy-audit-paid-by-kcpl-and-mge-no-out-of-pocket.html. Is getting #1 results for the search “Energy Audit St. Joseph” . Here is the Bing result and the Yahoo . This is exciting because this is the...
Walking the Walk
So for over two years now I have been talking the energy efficiency talk without fully walking the walk. I did what I could around my house as far as programming my programmable thermostat and replacing my incandescent light bulbs with CFLs, but I still had a lot of...
Gas Prices Going Down for Some
There’s good news for Missouri Gas Energy customers in western Missouri. The company has received approval from the Missouri Public Service Commission to reduce it’s cost of gas. The reduction will be just over 7.5-cents per hundred cubic feet of gas. Changes in...
Cold Weather Science Fun
These extreme cold temps have brought about a lot of videos floating around the internet of people who boil water and then throw it up into the frigid outdoor air. The water, like magic, turns into snow. So here at GIC, we thought there would be no better way to spend...
Wolf Creek nuclear plant among three in U.S. that need more oversite
The Closest Nuclear Plant to Kansas City Is among the top three most dangerous in the Country! The Wolf Creek nuclear power plant is among three in the United States that need more intensive oversight, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission told Congress on...
Components of HERS Ratings Pt. 1: The Duct Blaster
We have recently been blogging about the addition of a new service we are now offering to our GIC customers. We now have an accredited HERS rater on staff. These ratings can be performed on new and existing homes. Read our previous blog on what a HERS rating is and...