Liquid Cooled LED Bulbs!
Switch Lighting has just released a liquid cooled LED bulb that promises better light distribution and more even color temperatures. Switch Lighting has just announced a new type of LED technology that is supposed to distribute light more evenly through the bulb and deliver a more consistent color temperature while in use. Traditional LED bulbs place the LED light [...]
Tinted windows that generate electricity
A German start up company has recently developed a new technology for creating thin, flexible photovoltaic solar panels. Heliatek, a German based solar start up, has recently announced a new type of solar technology based on the OLED displays found in smart phones and flat screen T.V’s. These new panels are much lighter and more flexible than current [...]
Bike to Work Day, May 10
Join 511.org and Eco Performance Builders in supporting the 18th annual Bike To Work Day Thursday, May 10! . EPBuilders will be joining hundreds of other environmentally conscious businesses around the Bay Area in supporting the 18th annual “Bike To Work Day” on Thursday, May 10th. Did you know that Americans use about 400 million gallons of gasoline driving to and from work, [...]
Come see us at the Concord Home & Garden Show!
This year Eco Performance Builders will be making their first-ever appearance at the Concord Home & Garden Show . April 13, 14, 15 2000 Kirker Pass Road in Concord at the Concord Pavilion Come stop by our booth for a chance to win a FREE ENERGY AUDIT! . We’ll be demonstrating some of the gear we use [...]
Press Release: Eco Performance Builders
PRESS RELEASE Eco Performance Builders For Immediate Release: February 23, 2012 Aging Bay Area Homes: Inefficient and Unsafe Rebates available for efficiency home upgrades. CONCORD, California — Energy Upgrade California has teamed up with local Bay Area contractors to provide financial incentives for upgrading old, inefficient, and unsafe living spaces. Up to 4,000 dollars in cash rebates [...]
Bathroom Exhaust Fan Frustrations
It is a frustrating job going into house after house only to find the same issues. The main issues we find are excessive duct leakage (normally 30%), large building leakage, poorly installed insulation, undersized duct systems, oversized heating and cooling equipment, crawlspace moisture issues, and poorly installed ventilation equipment. Instead of talking about all of [...]
Energy Upgrade Contra Costa – $9,000 in rebates
Energy Upgrade Contra Costa has been launched and is offering residents up to $5,000 back on energy efficiency upgrades on top of the $4,000 that the Energy Upgrade California Program is offering. This programs are running in combination giving Contra Costa County residents who qualify a possible combined rebate of $9,000! Eco Performance Builders is [...]
Total Embodied Energy
The total embodied energy of a building material is the amount of commercial energy used to extract raw materials, transport, manufacture, assemble, install, disassemble, deconstruct, and dispose. Basically it is all of the energy that will be used throughout the lifecycle of a product. The less embodied energy a product uses, the better it is for the environment because less energy would have been used to create it. Since less energy is used, less pollution is released into the atmosphere. Products with lower embodied energy also have lower costs because they don’t have to pay for as much in energy costs.
“Green” Building Materials
VOC’s and other harmful chemicals are not just in the building materials, they are in the furniture and equipment as well. Think what the product you are buying is made of before you purchase it.
Residential Smart Meters
Knowing where your money is going in your energy bill is very useful. Once you know how much you can impact something is when you try to make more of an impact than you have already made. Knowing that keeping your TV on all day when you are gone will cost you $5 will make you turn it off when you leave, instead of just thinking that you are wasting some energy and not knowing how much.
