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title: Home Improvement Blog | energy star
description: energy star | Learn more about ways to improve and protect your biggest investment - your home.
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# Home Improvement Blog

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Susan Carroll Dwyer1 min read

## Win - Win Windows

Heating and cooling your home makes up 48% of your utility bills! Investing in your home ...

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Susan Carroll Dwyer1 min read

## Window on your Windows

How can you tell if it’s time to retire your windows? There are a few telltale signs that ...

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Susan Carroll Dwyer1 min read

## The 4th Quarter - Deduction

We are now midway into the 4th quarter – not on the gridiron…the tax quarter. Time to ...

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Mike Lofaro3 min read

## Windows: Add Light and Energy Efficiency

Windows provide your home with light, warmth, and ventilation. They are essential to help ...

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Mike Lofaro1 min read

## Financing Your Roof, Siding or Windows

So you know you house needs some improvements...but it can be a substantial investment. ...

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Mike Lofaro1 min read

## Someday is now - Replacement Windows

Someday…a word used by many homeowners. Home projects can be daunting, but putting off ...

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Mike Lofaro1 min read

## Energy Efficient Windows: Not Just a Phrase

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Mike Lofaro1 min read

## How Does your Garden Window Grow?

Winter is here…to say the least. Aside from shoveling and scraping your car windows every ...

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Mike Lofaro1 min read

## The Wind and the Windows

If your curtains are fluttering about with the windows shut…you’ve got a draft. You crank ...

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Mike Lofaro< 1 min read

## Specialty Windows - The Eyebrow of the Beholder

A window by any other name??? Many top window manufacturers such as Anderson, Harvey, ...

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