As the name implies, sustainable energy is that form of energy source that will not, in the foreseeable future, become depleted and which will therefore play a major role in sustaining life on this planet. In fact, it is also very usual to club sustainable energy with those that we regard as renewable energy sources [...]

Imagine how much money you could leave in the bank if you took energy saving steps to cut just one-kilowatt hour of use for a day. The cost of electricity varies across the nation, but the average price of a kilowatt in the United States in 2007 was $10.61. To better understand what this means, [...]

Stream Energy was created in 2004 in response to the Texas legislature’s 2004 deregulation of the state’s electricity market. Deregulation cleared the way for competition among energy providers, and Stream Energy emerged as a retail provider of residential and commercial electricity.
Remnants Of Regulation
Although Stream Energy provides retail electric energy services under a deregulation model, all [...]

While the United States Department of energy currently does not classify any energy efficient space heaters as energy star, there are many on the market that can be used without sending the electric bill through the roof with the heat. However, before looking to buy and use energy efficient space heaters, make sure you have [...]

With energy shortages and global climate change in the headlines, more and more homeowners and renters want to know how they can increase their home’s energy efficiency. Whether you own your home or rent, almost every resident can do something to improve the energy efficiency of their dwelling.

Eliminating Air Leaks
Air leaks in your home reduce [...]

In the early 1970’s, a gasoline shortage resulted in massive lines at stations across the United States. Despite the gloom and doom predictions of a national energy crisis there were only short-term measures put in place for conserving energy. Electric cars had been designed over 60 years ago and as recently as 2005, one major [...]

For decades people have been told of the need for energy conservation and in many areas it has proven successful. Not only to reduce the emissions of pollutants into the air and the depletion of non-renewable resources, but energy conservation can also help conserve money in the wallet. By reducing the amount of energy being [...]

One of the most recent energy developments, solar energy is now one of the prime candidates to become one of the prominent energy suppliers in the world. Adoption rates of this technology are vastly increasing as the technology becomes more efficient and less expensive, and it provides a safety barrier for several reasons. You’ll soon [...]

The universe is composed of several different components holding it all together. Matter is the stuff which you can feel. It makes up the chair you’re sitting in, the glasses you’re reading through. Simply put as a textbook definition, matter is anything with mass, something of a universal standard for weight. Now weight is actually [...]

Energy from the sun travels to the Earth in various wave lengths, including ultraviolet, from which sunburns and suntans come from, as well as the visible light spectrum. Included in the sun’s waves is the electromagnetic energy waves that can be converted to electricity through photovoltaic cells. For standard uses, electromagnetic energy is the convergence [...]