Some of us can remember the miserable summers before air conditioning became popular. Today there are nearly 100 million homes across the United States with some kind of air conditioning unit; this is approximately 87% of the nation’s households according to the 2009 Residential Energy Consumption Survey. Many people with central air conditioners however neglect […]
It always pays to be prepared. In the last few seasons of more intense natural disasters, preparedness has been especially important. While some people think of new paint colors, new furniture and decorating plans when they think of home improvements, the responsible homeowner knows that those things are just icing on the cake. The most […]
We love our comforts and we take our life today for granted. At the flip of a switch we have warm winters and cool summers. That hasn?t always been so, but we’ve been trying to control the environment for millennia. One hot summer in the third Century, Roman Emperor Elagabalus sent 1,000 slaves into the […]