Contact us first with your article idea. Please visit our 2001 Editorial Calendar for a quick overview of our interest areas. They are the planners and implementers of utility and government projects to make homes more efficient. Home Energy is the only national magazine providing technical and research-based information to this specialized yet diverse audience. To fulfill the information needs of everyone from the insulation contractor to the utility demand-side planner in a mere 48 pages, Home Energy writers must write concisely.
Most articles describe a technology or technique for making homes more efficient.
Readers often must estimate how much energy will be saved by a particular retrofit. Use anecdotes and personal observations to make articles more readable. Draw analogies to help explain technical concepts. Style generally conforms to Chicago Manual of Style. At the same time, we welcome a chatty tone.