What The Long-Term Temperature Forecast for the Puget Sound Means for Your Home Winter is in full swing here in the Puget Sound. And given the La Niña forecast, we’re likely in for more wet, cold winter weather. To help you and your home be better prepared for the remainder [...]
Pumpkins are plentiful, the Seahawks' season has kicked off, and fall is officially here. Our state's weather forecasters have said we're on track for a "La Nina" winter, meaning colder-than-average temperatures and a need for a little more heat in our homes. With Winter on its way, it's best to be [...]
Across the Puget Sound, it’s the height of a record hot summer as well as the height of the home buying season. While heating a home is the last thing most of us want to think about now, it is a necessary logistic to settling into a new home. Winter can often sneak up [...]
Five Things to Know About Cleaner Bioheat #1: Bioheat is a cleaner, renewable option for heating your home or business. Bioheat is an advanced home heating oil made of a blend of traditional petroleum-based fuel and clean, renewable biodiesel. It is an affordable, modern fuel that is better for our environment and [...]
The reality behind the myth December, 2018 Most new homeowners barely give it a second thought. One of the first things on their list of things to do, is switch out their heating oil furnace to natural gas equipment. It has been the common ideology for decades, that gas is good, and oil is bad. [...]
October 2018 For over 90 years, Americans have been using heating oil to heat their homes. Despite the test of time, heating oil remains one of the most misunderstood sources of energy in Seattle. For starters, heating oil is not the black, thick crude oil most people conjure up in [...]
Global Warming, Greenhouse Gasses, and Carbon Footprint These buzzwords can trigger escalating discussions these days. The underlying issues and how they will effect our future can be scary to think about. But aside from modern conveniences such as streaming videos, storing our digital photos, and even reading our e-books, we need energy to meet [...]
Bioheat is better than standard heating oil in more ways than one. First and foremost, bioheat is better for the environment, reducing carbon emissions by up to 80%. It is a renewable fuel in the same category as wind and solar, and made from local recycled restaurant cooking grease, that would otherwise end up in [...]
November 8, 2017 Dear Home Heating Oil Customer, You may have received a letter from the City of Seattle’s Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) encouraging you to “ditch dirty oil.” The OSE’s campaign is not rooted in facts. We want to set the record straight—and give you the information you need to make the [...]
June 7, 2017 “The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.” Malcolm Gladwell in Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. As a culture, Malcolm Gladwell points out that we tend to make decisions based on the [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Genesee Energy is paving a path to help reduce carbon emissions Seattle, WA February 27, 2017 - With growing awareness of todays increasing greenhouse gasses, Seattle local Company Genesee Energy is creating a path for residential oil heat customers to reduce their carbon footprint by a minimum of 4%, and up to [...]
October 20, 2016 How do you react when you are showing a client a home heated with oil? Try to avoid bringing too much attention to the oil furnace and hope they don't ask any questions. Tell them not to worry, they can always switch to natural gas. Give them the pros and cons of [...]
February 2016 Are You Buying a Home with Oil Heat? Most new homeowners barely give it a second thought. One of the first things on their list of things to do, is switch out their oil heat furnace to natural gas equipment. It has been the common thought for decades, that gas is good, and oil [...]
BioHeat. How is it made and why isn't everyone using it? As you may already know, world leaders, are gathered right now in Paris for the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The goal is to come up with a global game plan to reduce pollution and green house gasses that are reeking havoc on our planet. With initiatives in place [...]
BioHeat and Biodiesel FAQs. Q: What is biodiesel? Biodiesel is a clean burning alternative fuel produced from domestic, renewable resources. Biodiesel is biodegradable and nontoxic. When blended with standard heating oil, it is the cleanest burning fuel option for heating your home. Q: What is BioHeat? BioHeat is Biodiesel for your home. It is [...]
