Energy Efficiency -
Residential Links

List of Residential Links

• Air-Source Heat Pumps
• Automatic and Programmable Thermostats
• Cooling Your Home Naturally
• Cooling Your Home with Fans and Ventilation
• Dehumidifying Heat Pipes for Air Conditioning
• Ductless, Mini Split-System Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
• Eothermal Heat Pumps
• Insulation
• Integrated Space Conditioning and Water Heating
• Sizing Residential Heating and Air Conditioning Systems
• Weatherize Your Home—Caulk and Weather Strip

Appliances

• EnergyStar®
• EnergyStar® Qualified Products List
• Energy Star® Clothes Washers
• Energy Star® Dishwashers
• Energy Star Home Electronics
• Energy Star® Refrigerator-Freezers
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1998 electricity consumption study
• Leaking Electricity Estimates
• Small Appliance Energy Use Surging In U.S. Homes

Geothermal Heat Pumps

• Air-Source Heat Pumps
• Ductless, Mini Split-System Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
• Geothermal Heat Pumps Make Sense for Homeowners
• Heat Pump Innovations
• Integrated Space Conditioning and Water Heating Equipment
• Solar-Assisted Heat Pumps: Reading List

Energy-Efficient Lighting

• Compact Fluorescent Lamps
• Energy-Efficient Lighting Resources
• Outdoor Photovoltaic Lighting
• Skylights for Residences
• EnergyStar® compact fluorescents
• EnergyStar® lighting fixtures

Photovoltaic

• Assessing Climate to Improve Solar Design
• A Consumer's Guide to Buying a Solar Electric System (PDF 721 KB)
• Building Codes, Covenants, and Regulations for Solar Energy Systems
• Codes and Standards for Solar Energy Systems
• Community Solar Access
• Connecting a Small-Scale Renewable Energy System to an Electric Transmission System
• How to Size a Grid-Connected Solar Electric System (PDF 414 KB)
• Inverters
• National Center for Photovoltaics
• Outdoor Photovoltaic Lighting
• Small-Scale Photovoltaic Systems: Reading List
• Solar Radiation for Energy: A Primer and Sources of Data

Automatic and Programmable Thermostats
On DOE's Consumer Energy Information Web site, here's more information on how you can save energy heating and cooling your home:

• Cooling Your Home Naturally - (PDF 160 KB) Download Acrobat Reader
• Energy-Efficient Air Conditioning - (PDF 233 KB) Download Acrobat Reader
• Energy-Efficient Gas Heating for the Home
• Energy-Efficient Windows - (PDF 234 KB) Download Acrobat Reader
• Insulation
• Saving Energy with Electric Resistance Heating - (PDF 249 KB ) Download Acrobat Reader
• Weatherize Your Home - Caulk and Weather Strip - (PDF 229 KB) Download Acrobat Reader

Residential Solar Heating

• Assessing Climate to Improve Solar Design
• Building Codes, Convenants, and Regulations for Solar Energy System
• Freeze Protection for Solar Energy Systems
• Heat Exchangers for Solar Energy Systems
• Heat Transfer Fluids for Solar Energy Systems
• Residential Solar Heating Retrofits
• Scaling and Corrosion in Solar Heating Systems
• Solar Energy System Maintenance and Repair Real Goods Institute for Solar Living

Energy-Efficient Water Heating

• Conserving Energy and Heating Your Swimming Pool with Solar Energy
• Heating Water with Woodstoves
• Selecting a New Water Heater
• Solar Water Heating
• Water Quality and Conservation

Window Glazing

• Energy-Efficient Windows
• Solar Heat Gain Control for Windows
• Window Options for Passive Solar
• Energy Star®
• National Fenestration Rating Council

Outside the home

• WaterWiser

Home Construction

• Oriented Strand Board Guide
• Quad-Lock Building System
• R-Control Building Systems
• Rastra
• Real Goods Institute for Solar Living
• Steel Recycling Institute
• Straw Bale Construction
• Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs)
• U.S. Department of Energy's Straw Bale Housing Experiment