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What a treat! To celebrate Halloween this year, we found a scarily effective infographic on how to keep your energy bill low. Get ready for 5 tricks and tips to save energy and money.

The 125-year-old Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, recently built a new eco-friendly home for faculty members to serve as a high-performance residence and learning space for students. The house, which features cutting-edge sustainable technology, has received multiple awards for environmental innovations, including the LEED Platinum certification under the Building Design and Construction rating system for Homes. It is the first building in Connecticut to achieve that status, as well as the first in the state to be certified as a Passive House by the Passive House Institute U.S.

America’s solar industry is going through a record-breaking period. Just this year, it’s expected that the number of solar panels installed will rise 94 percent from 2015, and solar panel jobs are increasing exponentially. We’re finally on our way to more sustainable and renewable lifestyles. But even though solar panel demand continues to grow and installation prices dropped, people still have some misconceptions about what it means to go solar.

It’s common enough to look out your airplane window as you’re moving down the terminal lanes. You’ll usually see a lot of concrete. Maybe some grass. But what if that space was used for solar panels?

With solar panel prices cheaper than they’ve ever been, the extreme environmental benefit, and plentiful positive press (not to mention all the savings you’ll get with a PV system), it’s easy to see why so many people are going solar. Still, it’s a big decision that often intimidates many people. To help soothe the process, we’ve broken down how to get started with solar into 3 easy steps:

Last week, the White House announced an exciting new initiative called the Clean Energy Savings for All Americans. This innovative new program aims to increase access to solar energy for communities of all income levels and geographies. Basically, no matter where you live or how much you make, if you have a sunny roof, you have the chance to go solar.

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: solar is looking good. With residential solar installations reaching an all-time high, solar efficiency has continued to develop to exciting capabilities, and utility energy prices haven’t stopped rising. It’s only natural that more and more people are thinking about solar, especially with all the positive attention the resource has been getting. 

With tax season over and finished, are you looking at the amount you paid and wish that it was less? Do you dread even thinking about next year’s taxes? Take these money- and energy-saving steps now so that you can keep your hard earned dollars! These tips will save you time, money, and they’re great for the environment. Make the government pay you for a change.

Following this year’s National Hurricane Conference and Florida’s continuing efforts on climate preparedness, Orlando has just teamed up with over 60 other cities and counties across Florida in the enactment of the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program.

When you are looking into ways to make your home and your life more energy efficient, you have got plenty of options. One of the very best means to these ends is through the installation and upgrade of solar energy panels. The sun is always shinning in Florida and for the use of solar energy, Orlando is really the place to be. Here are five tips to get the most savings from your solar energy provider in Central Florida right now!