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Designing an outdoor space and house with natural gas appliances are just the beginning of creating an energy-efficient home. Landscaping can also reduce energy costs. According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), a well-designed landscape can save enough energy to pay for itself in less than eight years.

Are you a Backyard Beginner, content to stick to the basics of grilling? Or have you progressed to Outdoor Enthusiast, ready to expand your outdoor living space? Perhaps you’re a Patio Pro known for your entertaining prowess. Or maybe you’re the Backyard Beast with the ultimate backyard setup. The Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association (HPBA) identifies the above four backyard personalities based on a seven-question quiz that also provides tips on the next steps for getting the most out of your outdoor living space. Regardless of which backyard personality type fits you best, natural gas is the ideal fuel for outdoor living spaces, providing the comfort and convenience of a reliable, clean fuel source. Natural gas is both affordable and environmentally friendly.

The superiority of natural gas translates directly into customer savings. Numbers can be deceptive. Energy efficiency ratings for home appliances, for instance, make it seem like electric appliances are more efficient than natural gas.

Over the past two decades, clothes dryers have largely been left out of the energy-efficiency movement that revolutionized other household appliances like refrigerators, air conditioners and clothes washers. But that all changed when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the arrival of ENERGY STAR certified clothes dryers at major retailers from a wide variety of […]