As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

Businesses are paying closer attention to how energy is used across their operations. Rising resource demands, complex ...

Energy audits identify energy consumed by a facility and locate energy conservation measures or projects. Typical audits start with a walkthrough and checklist and progress to monitoring and metering ...

Unless you’re proactive about keeping your house efficient, there’s a pretty good chance that you’re using more energy (and spending more money) than you need to. If you’re keen on reigning in that ...

Building energy auditing—the collection of energy-relevant building data and its organization into understandable and actionable form—is an important part of maintaining and improving building ...

The stretch of frigid weather at the start of the year taught me a valuable lesson: I live in a very drafty house. Cold air seeped through the first-floor perimeter and windowsills, making it ...

The way the heat moved through my home gave me the inkling that my home had no insulation. It’s a 100-year-old home in Boston where I was splitting the first-floor apartment with a roommate I met on ...

Consider for a moment why eliminating wasteful energy consumption is vital—-and should be a high priority for every church: Energy consumption is the second-largest cost item in most organizational ...