Swimming pools are enormous energy wasters. Looking to the sun there have been several solar technologies that are now easily applied to any pool to make them more energy efficient.

You can lower you energy bill and make your home more energy efficient with a few steps. Keep in mind that cost of ownership of any appliance is largely made up by the cost in energy to run it instead of purchase it. The FTC has some great tips on purchasing and operating appliances for energy efficiency.

Here are some tips to supplement your air conditioning that will not only make it more energy efficient but also cut down on your energy bill and save money.

Bosch is highlighting their energy efficient laundry and dishwashers in a new series of creative commercials. But does the Bosch washing machines and dryers live up to the hype?

Fan Galleries Australia has some stats and advice for cooling your home with ceiling fans as an energy efficient alternative to air conditioning.

There are already a number of efficient sources of energy in use such as the parabolic trough solar collectors. Sandia National Laboratories has sought to go one step further and make even this technology more energy efficient.

Compact Fluorescent lightbulbs have been hailed as the saviour of the environment but they don't hold their weight in all areas. After 100+ years of exclusive incandescent use, it is hard to break the whole planet of their old habits - and old expectations.

Looking for reality among the marketing and green hype? Will compact fluorescent bulbs save the planet? Determining how much of pollutant 'x' a CFL bulb will save depends on understanding how power is generated in your area which is complex. CFL bulbs are good at one thing for sure, and that is saving energy. Why? They are more energy efficient than their incandescent counterparts - by a lot.

When a device inside your home gives off heat as a by-product of operation and that heat causes a rise in the indoor temperature we call it internal heat gain. Call it what you like, but additional heat in the summer is nasty.

On paper a conversion from incandescent to compact fluorescent light bulbs looks good because it always results in a savings. In the real world we have to remember that CFL is a different technology and requires different thinking. In this project I replace a multi-purpose light with an off the shelf compact fluorescent bulb and I discovered some of the disadvantages of CFLs very quickly.