ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Energy Efficiency: The first step for an Eco Home, Green Buildings and Energy Efficient Homes. An Insider's Guide.

Older travel trailers and RV's are selling at affordable prices. However, they are notoriously energy inefficient. Learn here how to increase the energy efficiency in your RV or travel trailer, making your investment pay off in the end.

If you live in Wisconsin and want to improve the energy efficiency of your home there are rebates available to help offset part of the upfront cost.

The Keystone Home Energy Loan Program offers unsecured loans of up $10,000 and secured loans up to $35,000 to all Pennsylvania homeowners who want to make energy efficiency improvements at home. The Adams Electric Cooperative offers its members loans up to $25,000.

Through the Nebraska Dollar and Energy Saving Loan program, you can obtain a low-interest loan to finance the cost of energy efficiency improvements. You can borrow up to $35,000 for a single-family home, $100,000 for a business, and $75,000 for a farm or ranch.

New Jersey offers its residents various rebates for energy efficiency measures at home and for energy efficient heating and cooling units and appliances. If you install a renewable energy system you can take advantage of rebates, net metering and production incentives.

Sealing the drafts in your home can be one of the most cost effective ways to improve energy efficiency and comfort. Here's how to do it inexpensively.

The Long Island Power Authority and National Grid offer their New York customers some significant rebates on energy efficiency improvements at home, including heating and air conditioning, water heaters, appliances, and weatherizing.

New Mexico residents can qualify for rebates from their utility company when they make energy efficiency improvements at home, including heating and cooling systems, electric thermal storage units, water heaters, refrigerators and freezers.

West Virginia residents who install a renewable energy system can use net metering to receive credit for the electricity they generate in excess of what they consume. There is a sales tax holiday on energy efficient products in 2009 and 2010.

Starting in 2009, Kentucky residents can claim a credit of up to $500 on their state income tax return for installing a renewable energy system or making energy efficiency improvements at home. The credit can be up to $1,000 for a rental property or business.

Virginia incentives for renewable energy and energy efficiency include a production incentive for solar and wind energy systems, property and sales tax exemptions or a deduction on your state income tax return. The Southside Electric Cooperative offers low-interest loans.

Improving the energy efficiency of your Missouri home can save you money and reduce greenhouse gases. You can also qualify for various rebates offered by utility companies, including rebates on energy efficient appliances, heat pumps, water heaters, and other improvements.

Utility companies in Arkansas offer loans for heat pumps, high efficiency water heaters, and energy efficiency improvements you want to make at home. The loans have a low fixed interest rate. The loan terms and maximum amounts vary according to the utility company.

You can receive a rebate of up to $300 for energy efficiency improvements to your home in Colorado. And you can qualify for a rebate of from $3,000 to $6,000 for a solar photovoltaic system, $750 - $3,000 for solar water heating, and up to $10,000 for a small wind system.

Rhode Island offers a personal income tax credit, property and sales tax exemptions, production incentives, and net metering for renewable energy systems you install at home. National Grid offers various rebates for energy efficiency improvements and appliances.