Ciel Power LLC

10/14/2026

During their home energy audit, Marc and Erica learned that their newly installed water heater had a gas leak. Their experience highlights the importance of careful testing, even when equipment is new. Thank you to ReThink Energy NJ for sharing this look at what a thorough assessment can uncover.

10/14/2026

High energy bills can leave you wondering where to start. An energy audit helps take the guesswork out of that decision by looking at how your home uses and loses energy. Join ReThink Energy NJ for a closer look at this first step toward a more comfortable, efficient home and a clearer plan for improvements.

10/14/2026

A more comfortable, energy-efficient home starts with understanding how it works. In our recent NJ.com op-ed, Ciel Power’s Scott Fischer and ReThink Energy NJ’s Patty Cronheim explain how an energy audit can help homeowners prioritize improvements and plan ahead. Thank you to ReThink Energy NJ for helping bring practical guidance to New Jersey homeowners.

💡 Want to save money on your energy bills? Small changes at home can make a big difference! From improving energy efficiency to exploring available resources and upgrades, New Jersey homeowners have options to reduce energy use, lower costs, and make their homes more comfortable.
Read more: https://www.nj.com/opinion/2026/10/nj-homeowners-can-save-money-and-energy-heres-where-to-start-opinion.html
Ciel Power LLC

07/30/2026

There is a version of a home upgrade that puts money in your pocket the very first month, and most NJ homeowners have never heard of it.

Here is the mechanic people miss. The cashback comes off the invoice, and any remaining balance can be financed at zero interest, paid as a small line on your utility bill. When the monthly energy savings are larger than that line item, the project is cash-flow positive from month one. You are not waiting years to break even.

Zero-interest financing on this scale is genuinely rare. Compare it to the alternative, which is doing nothing and paying rising utility bills every month with nothing to show for it at the end.

Would positive cash flow from month one change how you think about an upgrade? Tell us below.

Book your $99 home energy audit at cielpower.com and we handle the entire application for you.

07/27/2026

If you have added fans and a window unit to your upstairs and it still gets worse at night, you have been treating a symptom in the wrong room.

The heat in your bedroom at 9pm did not come from the window. It came from the attic, which spent all day storing solar heat and spends all night releasing it down through the ceiling. Fans just move that hot air around. A window unit fights it in one room while the attic keeps feeding more in.

The root cause is above your head, not in the room. Air sealing and insulating the attic floor stops the heat at the source, and the upstairs finally cools down after dark like it should.

How many fans are running in your upstairs right now? Tell us below.

Book your $99 home energy audit at cielpower.com.

07/24/2026

You have probably heard that an old house needs to breathe. It is half true, and the half people get wrong is costing them comfort.

A house does need fresh air. What it does not need is to get that air by accident, through the attic, the basement, and gaps around pipes and wiring. That is not fresh air. It is uncontrolled air that arrives hot, humid, dusty, or from the least pleasant parts of the house.

Sealing the envelope does not suffocate a home. It stops the random leakage and lets fresh air come in on purpose, through filtered, intentional ventilation. Tighter is not stuffier. Tighter, done right, is cleaner and easier to control.

Were you ever told your house needs to breathe? Tell us below.

Book your $99 home energy audit at cielpower.com and get air from the right places.

07/23/2026

The door that sticks every July is one of several free humidity gauges hiding in your house.

Wood swells when it absorbs moisture, so a door that catches in summer and closes fine in winter is telling you your indoor humidity is too high. But it is not the only tell. Sticky dresser drawers, a faint musty smell, condensation on windows or cold pipes, even hair that will not behave, all point the same direction.

The fix is not a bigger dehumidifier. It is closing the envelope leaks that let humid outside air keep sneaking in. Solve that and the doors, and everything else, settle down.

Which door in your house sticks in the summer? Tell us below.

Book your $99 home energy audit at cielpower.com.

07/22/2026

Your houseguests just gave you the most honest home inspection you will get all year, and you probably brushed it off.

You have lived in your house long enough that your body tuned out its quirks. That is a real phenomenon called sensory adaptation. Guests have a fresh baseline, so when they say the guest room feels stuffy, ask if the AC is on, or drift to the basement to cool off, they are not being fussy. They are reading thermal problems you stopped noticing years ago.

Try this: write down every offhand comfort comment from the weekend. That list is a surprisingly accurate punch list of what your envelope is hiding.

What is the comment guests always seem to make about your house? Tell us below.

Book your $99 home energy audit at cielpower.com and turn those comments into answers.

07/21/2026

A heat pump in the wrong house is just an expensive way to be uncomfortable in two seasons instead of one.

The question is not which heat pump to buy. It is whether your house is ready for one. Right-size a heat pump to a home that still leaks air and heat, and it works overtime year-round, cooling in July and struggling in January, with running costs to match.

Address the envelope first and the same equipment gets smaller, quieter, and cheaper to run, because it is finally matched to a house that holds what it makes. Sequence is the whole game.

Are you thinking heat pump for your next system? Tell us where you are in the decision below.

Book your $99 home energy audit at cielpower.com and get the order right.

07/20/2026

The best time to make a winter heating decision is a hot week in July, and almost nobody does it.

If your AC is aging, the instinct is to think only about cooling. But a heat pump looks like an AC outside and does both jobs, cooling in summer and heating in winter. Deciding in July, while you have time, lets you plan the whole comfort system instead of scrambling to replace a single failed box in January.

That is the opening the PSE&G Building Decarbonization program is built around. Full conversion, dual-fuel, or a hybrid setup are all on the table, but the right choice depends on the house, not on which season broke last.

Would you consider a system that handles both heating and cooling? Tell us below.

Book your $99 home energy audit at cielpower.com and plan for both seasons at once.