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Water-Efficient Landscaping in California

by Emily Barriere | December 27, 2024 | Environmentalism | 0 Comments

Water-Efficient Landscapes in California Creating water-efficient landscapes in California is crucial due to the state’s ongoing drought conditions and its focus on sustainability. While Americans often take fresh water for granted, the United Nations reported in 2022...

HVAC Efficiency Ratings

by Emily Barriere | March 18, 2024 | Energy Efficiency | 0 Comments

Do HVAC Efficiency Ratings Matter? When deciding what HVAC equipment to install, efficiency ratings are the key to differentiating between various makes and models. Without a basic understanding of efficiency ratings, it's much like trying to interpret a foreign...

Cost Effective Energy-Efficient Upgrades

by Emily Barriere | December 28, 2023 | Energy Efficiency | 0 Comments

Which Energy-Efficient Upgrades Should I Choose? Frequently, we get the question about the most cost-effective upgrades when remodeling older homes. Many homeowners have concerns about their energy bills but don't want to spend an enormous amount on energy-efficient...

Our Beef with the Beef Industry

by Emily Barriere | Aug 12, 2020 | Food Security | 0 Comments

There's Always Consequences: There seems to be a lot of misinformation surrounding agriculture. As more information is disseminated to the public regarding the hidden costs of the Meat Industry, we're seeing the effects. Recently, there has been a decline in the...

Sustainable New Year’s Resolutions

by Emily Barriere | Aug 12, 2020 | Current Events | 0 Comments

Happy New Year: First and foremost, BarrierEnergy would like to say Happy Holidays to you! As you're wrapping up your end-of-year quotas, it's time to look ahead to 2022. Certainly, "Sustainable New Year's Resolutions" has a double meaning. Indeed, the focus of this...

The True Cost of Energy Efficiency

by Emily Barriere | Aug 12, 2020 | Myth Busting | 0 Comments

What is Energy Efficiency? Energy efficiency put simply, means to do more with less. To increase efficiency is to increase the productivity of a process or product. Another goal of efficiency is to reduce waste and pollution. Reduce, reuse, and recycle is a good rule...

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