888.630.9224KOMOnews.com is reporting that Puget Sound Energy has been granted a rate increase by state regulators. KOMO’s website reports: The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission announced the approval of the increases on Friday. The decision will allow PSE to raise electric rates by 2.8 percent and natural gas rates by 0.8 percent. The new rates [...]
ENERGY STAR: Working With a Heating and Cooling Contractor
Because AAA Heating & Air Conditioning cares about helping our customers save money and improve the environment, we wanted to help you make sense of the ENERGY STAR® program and what it means for your heating or cooling system. This is Part 6 of a 9 part series on the subject that is published every [...]
Wood is Dirty
Look at these crazy facts we just came across comparing the cleanliness of various forms of heat. The chart below is from burningissues.org and illustrates just how dirty heating sources such as wood boilers, wood stoves, and oil heat are. If you take a look at the numbers of how much pollution is being produced, [...]
ENERGY STAR and Programmable Thermostats
Because AAA Heating & Air Conditioning cares about helping our customers save money and improve the environment, we wanted to help you make sense of the ENERGY STAR® program and what it means for your heating or cooling system. This is Part 4 of a 9 part series on the subject that is published every [...]
Olympic Energy Usage Tracker
Did you know you can watch the amount of energy used at all of the venues of the Olympics this year? The Olympic organizers teamed up with BC Hydro to make sure that the games were ‘green’. They made changes to lightbulbs and the heating & cooling equipment to ensure the lowest amount of energy [...]
ENERGY STAR and Your Heating or Cooling System
Because AAA Heating & Air Conditioning cares about helping our customers save money and improve the environment, we wanted to help you make sense of the ENERGY STAR® program and what it means for your heating or cooling system. This is Part 1 of a 9 part series on the subject that will be published [...]
Did You Know: Your Energy Bill
Did you know that typically 43% of your home’s energy bill is going to your heating & cooling systems?
Did You Know?: Energy Consumption
Though accounting for only 5 percent of the world’s population, Americans consume 26 percent of the world’s energy. -UCLA Sustainability
