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Measure Your Home's Energy



The Department of Energy has produced a number of simple tools to help homeowners manage their home energy usage and check the safety of certain appliances. This pages provides to links to the most frequently used ones.

This forum provides you with resources about home renovation, improvement, makeover and repair topics such as air condition, cabinet replacement, countertop selection, drainage, drought tolerant landscape, faucet, flooring, gardening, heating system, home appliances, home performance, hot water heater, interior design, landscape planning, moisture management, mold removal, non-toxic material, plumbing, remodel planning, roof replacement, saving water, solar panel, solar system, water conservation, window replacement, and many others. While we focus on issues in California, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Oakland, Berkeley, Fremont, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Orinda, Sacramento, San Mateo, San Ramon, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, Walnut Creek, most information is applicable in all parts of USA as well as the rest of the world.