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Power4Patriots Beware 3 Feb 2013 | 11:52 pm
Power4Patriots says on their title page that they are going to show you a, ” ‘Weird’ trick to slash your power bill and beat Obama’s electricity monopoly for good”. The narrator, Frank Bates, says he...
Choosing energy in deregulated markets 25 Jan 2013 | 05:24 am
The following guest post is written by Kristina Ross, Blogger at SaveOnEnergy.com, a site that helps homeowners (and commercial customers) in deregulated energy markets compare rates and options. ———...
How Energy Literate are you? 24 Jan 2013 | 05:18 am
Thanks to one of our readers, I was informed of the Department of Energy’s Energy Literacy program and their webinar on Feb. 6 on the Energy Literacy framework. You can go ahead and download the Ener...
MyEnergy helping you reduce your utility bills 16 Jan 2013 | 07:57 am
The following guest post is written by the folks over at MyEnergy. They reached out to Mapawatt after we mentioned them at the bottom of our post on OPower. I’m registered on MyEnergy.com and check ...
How to read a plug-in hybrid’s mileage sticker 11 Jan 2013 | 07:26 am
Unless you’re Amish (but not if you’re part of the new show Amish Mafia, because they somehow drive cars) you know what miles-per-gallon (MPG) is for a traditional gasoline or diesel powered car. With...
Portable Power Storage with ReadySet 5 Dec 2012 | 07:29 am
The Fenix ReadySet was named as one of Popular Science’s Green products of the year for 2012. The ReadySet portable base station can draw and store energy from a number of sources: A 15-watt solar pa...
Efergy Elite Classic energy monitor review 4 Dec 2012 | 05:53 am
This isn’t the first time we have written about the Efergy energy monitor on our site. We featured a guest post on the Efergy Elite over 2 years ago! In that post I said: With all of our posts on th...
Home Energy Reporting – Powered by Opower 3 Dec 2012 | 08:12 am
Last month, I received notification from Georgia Power that I was selected to participate in a pilot program for a Home Energy Report powered by Opower. Mapawatt has written about Opower and their wo...
Passive House Design – A Worthy Project 10 Nov 2012 | 07:56 pm
Passive House - A Building Revolution Documentary This morning, I’d like to offer up a slightly different post on Mapawatt. We usually focus on content that helps our readers to improve their effici...
Toyota Prius – How Long Will My Battery Last? 7 Nov 2012 | 01:00 pm
Toyota Prius If you are considering buying a used hybrid vehicle, you’ll want to read this post and do the research on battery life before making a purchase. I thought I would share my experience be...