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Now that millions of Americans are isolated in their homes, everyone is using more energy during off-peak hours. Americans are getting more concerned with paying their growing electricity bills. Combined with the obvious...

Stuart Lombard has a mission: to reduce people’s carbon footprints while saving money. He found that heating and cooling made up the bulk of utility costs and searched to find a better way to monitor a home’s energy usage. He...

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach While I was involved in an interesting interchange with David Douglass here, I stumbled across an interesting discovery...

The word’s best thermostat just got even better. Nest Labs, Inc. just unveiled today the third generation of the Nest Learning Thermostat—and it’s thinner, smarter, and more beautiful than ever. The energy-saving thermostat’s...

Painted in Nest's signature light blue, the Nest Express operates more like a cozy and mobile living room, than an actual home. The design team swapped out the icy metal benches with wrapped, Pendleton-designed benches, and...

Painted in Nest's signature light blue, the Nest Express operates more like a cozy and mobile living room, than an actual home. The design team swapped out the icy metal benches with wrapped, Pendleton-designed benches, and...

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I’ve been reflecting over the last few days about how the climate system of the earth functions as a giant natural heat engine...

If your wallet is already feeling the pinch from your monthly energy bill as we head into the colder months, you’ll be happy to know that you can keep those expenses down using a simple device called a programmable...

Did you know that the average American household spends more than $2,200 annually on energy bills, and close to half of that figure can be attributed to heating and cooling? If you’re looking to chop that number down,...