Energy-Efficiency Tools
» Iowa Energy Center Home Series
Booklets filled with everyday energy-saving tips; download them free of charge.
» Touchstone Energy® Cooperatives Home Energy Savings Guide
Valuable tips to help you create greater comfort and improve energy management in your home.
» Touchstone Energy® Cooperatives Home Energy Audit
Easy-to-use home energy savings tool designed to help you identify the best ways to save energy in your home.
» Touchstone Energy® Cooperatives Lightbulb Energy Saver
Calculates how much you can save by replacing incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs).
» UseElectricWisely.com
Sponsored by Iowa's electric cooperatives, this Web site can help you increase your home's comfort, safety and efficiency. You'll find energy-saving tips;
information on making energy-smart choices for heating and cooling equipment, appliances and a wide variety of other electric products; and a list of
installation and service contractors in your area.
» EnergyHog.org
Interactive site with game that helps kids analyze their home's energy efficiency; information on saving energy for adults too.
» ENERGY STAR® Home Energy Yardstick
With a year's worth of utility bills in hand, calculate your home's energy efficiency in about five minutes.
» ENERGY STAR® Change a Light Pledge
Pledge to change at least one lightbulb in your home with an ENERGY STAR qualified one, and gain access to special offers from manufacturers of lighting equipment.
» ENERGY STAR® Special Offer/Rebate Locator
Find special offers, credits or rebates on appliances, electronics, heating and cooling equipment and other qualified products from ENERGY STAR partners.
» ENERGY STAR® Refrigerator Retirement Savings Calculator
Time to replace your refrigerator — or get rid of the old one in your garage or basement? Find out how much energy it's wasting.
» ENERGY STAR® New Homes Partner Locator
Locate home builders and developers who build ENERGY STAR qualified new homes, electric co-ops that offer special incentives, home energy raters that can verify the energy efficiency of a home and lenders that offer energy-efficient mortgages.
» U.S. Dept. of Energy Calculators and Software
Several calculators to help you evaluate your home's energy use and need for energy-efficiency improvements.
» U.S. Dept. of Energy Home Energy Audits
Investigate the value of do-it-yourself and professional home energy audits.
» U.S. Dept. of Energy Estimating Appliance and Home Electronic Energy Use
Estimate the energy consumption of appliances to determine if it makes sense to invest in new equipment.