PowerBees provide a variety of alternative energy services designed to help you reduce your home energy costs. With the rising price of fuel, you can't afford to ignore your options. We believe that you should harness existing energy from the sun and the ground. The available technology improves by the day, and there are a variety of renewable energy alternatives to select from. Solar panels are now affordable for most. Geothermal provides heat in winter and cool air in summer.
The United States uses a lot of energy—nearly a million dollars worth each minute, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. With less than five percent of the world’s population, we consume about one fourth of the world’s energy resources. We are not alone. People in Asia and Europe also use a large amount of energy.
The average American consumes six times more energy than the world average. Every time we fill up our cars or open our energy bills, we notice the cost of that energy.
Energy is more than numbers on a utility bill; it is the foundation of everything we do. All of us use energy every day—for transportation, cooking, heating and cooling rooms, manufacturing, lighting, and entertainment. We rely on energy to make our lives comfortable, productive and enjoyable. To maintain our quality of life, we must use our energy resources wisely.
The choices we make about how we use energy—turning machines off when we’re not using them or choosing to buy energy efficient appliances—impact our environment and our lives. There are many things we can do to use less energy and use it more wisely. These things involve energy conservation and energy efficiency. Many people think these terms mean the same thing, but they are different.
Energy conservation is any behavior that results in the use of less energy.
Energy efficiency is the use of technology that requires less energy to perform the same function. A compact fluorescent light bulb that uses less energy than an incandescent bulb to produce the same amount of light is an example of energy efficiency. The decision to replace an incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent is an example of energy conservation.
The U.S. Department of Energy divides the way we use energy into four categories or sectors: residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation. As individuals, our energy choices and actions can result in reductions in the amount of energy used in all three sectors of the economy.
Households use about one-fifth of the total energy consumed in the United States each year. The typical U.S. family spends almost $1,500 a year on utility bills. About 60 percent is in the form of electricity; the remainder comes mostly from natural gas and oil.
Much of this energy is not put to use. Heat pours out of homes through drafty doors and windows, and through ceilings and walls that aren’t insulated. Some appliances use energy 24 hours a day, even when they are turned off.
Energy-efficient improvements can make a home more comfortable and save money. Many utility companies provide energy audits to identify areas where homes are wasting energy. These audits may be free or low cost.
We also service Southern New Hampshire (Nashua, Manchester, Concord, and Keene)
PowerBees will service Brattleboro and Rutland, Vermont.
Additionally, PowerBees will service all of Rhode Island and Eastern Connecticut through Hartford.
PowerBees deploys technicians from the following locations within Massachusetts: Boston, Hyannis, Natick, Worcester, Newton, Plymouth, Marlborough, Arlington, North Reading, Malden, Quincy, Wareham, Swampscott, Gloucester and Falmouth.
PowerBees also provides a "rapid deployment" service to the following communities in Massachusetts: Scituate, Revere, Hull, Marshfield, Winthrop, Falmouth, Mattapoisett, Bourne, Fairhaven, Nahant, Duxbury and Sudbury.