Bel Red Energy Blog

Here at Bel Red, giving back to our community is one of our most cherished company values. We feel that, especially during the Holidays, helping those in need will help our region move ahead and make the Pacific Northwest a better place to live and work.

That’s the major driving force behind our partnership with Food Lifeline – Washington’s largest hunger relief agency. Food Lifeline distributes food to more than a half million people at 300 neighborhood food banks, shelters and hot meal programs throughout western Washington. Furthermore, they run an extremely efficient operation, with only 5% of every financial donation being used for administrative costs.

So, how is Bel Red involved with Food Lifeline? We encourage our customers and community members to donate non-perishable food items to Food Lifeline. If they do, Bel Red matches each donation with a $1 donation to the organization. Since Food Lifeline is such an efficient organization, every dollar donated results in five meals being provided to those in need.

We’re excited to have this special partnership with an organization that has such a great purpose. We also love the fact that they are unique to the Northwest and have established relationships with farmers, grocers and restaurants within a short distance. We encourage all of our customers, friends and families to help Food Lifeline provide for the hungry, and all of those in need, this holiday season.

Thanks!

The Bel Red Energy Solutions team would like to take a quick moment to thank all of our great customers. This holiday season, we are truly grateful and thankful for the business and support you have provided us over the years.

We also wanted to let you all know that we will be closed tomorrow, Thanksgiving day, to allow our team members to spend time with their families. They work extremely hard to bring our valued customers prompt, expert service, and they truly deserve to spend this holiday with their loved ones.

Even though we’ll be closed for the holiday tomorrow, our on-call staff will be available around the clock to assist with any emergencies that may arise.

In the Thanksgiving spirit, we thought we’d share a brief history of the holiday. Watch the video below. Enjoy – and again – Happy Thanksgiving!

For the protection of our customers and our team members, Bel Red Energy Solutions has always been drug free. Earlier this month, Washington voters approved Initiative 502 (“I-502”), which decriminalizes certain cultivation, sale, possession and use of marijuana. While it has an impact on the recreational use of the drug, it has less of an impact on our (and other Washington employers’) drug policies than one may assume. Initiative 502 does not change in any way our right to refuse employment or to fire someone who tests positive for marijuana.

In fact, a state Supreme Court ruling last year said that even Washington's existing medical marijuana law doesn't prevent an employer from firing an employee for a positive drug test. Regardless of the state vote and ruling this November, marijuana use is still a violation of federal law, which provides employers legal validation for termination of an employee.

Every gas or propane furnace has a heat exchanger that takes the heat from the fuel the furnace burns and transfers it to the air that moves through your home. As with any burning of fossil-fuels, a by-product of combustion is Carbon Monoxide (CO). This odorless and colorless gas can be deadly in small quantities, and prolonged exposure to even minute amounts can cause fatigue, confusion, and flu-like symptoms. Your furnace’s heat exchanger protects you from this dangerous gas, but over the long-term the volatile conditions inside your heat exchanger can cause cracks or holes that allow this gas to leak into the air you breathe.

With a glut of housing inventory on the market, housing prices remain depressed and many people are choosing to stay in their homes. However, historically low interest rates make this a great time for you to buy or to refinance, and Energy Efficient Mortgages (EEM’s) offer an opportunity to pay for energy efficient upgrades to your home at the same time.