Terms of Service
Last updated: October 29, 2026
Welcome to Home Energy Lab.
These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of the Home Energy Lab website, including its educational articles, interactive 3D experience, household utility calculators, and other publicly available features.
By accessing or using the website, you agree to these Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the website.
1. About Home Energy Lab
Home Energy Lab is an independently developed educational website created by Daniil Hora.
The website provides tools and information intended to help visitors understand and estimate household electricity, heating, cooling, natural gas, water, appliance, and other utility expenses.
Home Energy Lab is not a utility company and does not provide electricity, gas, water, or other utility services.
2. Educational and Informational Use
The content and calculators on this website are provided for general educational and informational purposes.
Calculator results are estimates based on user-provided inputs, assumptions, and mathematical models.
They are not official utility bills, binding price quotations, guaranteed savings estimates, or substitutes for professional engineering, financial, or energy assessments.
For decisions requiring precise costs or technical evaluation, consult your utility provider or an appropriately qualified professional.
3. Calculator Accuracy
We aim to provide useful calculations and explanations, but actual expenses may differ from estimates.
Factors affecting actual results can include:
- Local utility prices and rate structures.
- Taxes, fixed charges, and additional fees.
- Appliance operating behavior and efficiency.
- Seasonal weather conditions.
- Household usage patterns.
- Equipment age, installation, and maintenance.
- Differences between estimated and measured consumption.
You are responsible for checking the information entered into a calculator and evaluating whether its assumptions apply to your situation.
We do not guarantee that calculator results will match actual bills or future expenses.
4. Permitted Use
You may use Home Energy Lab for lawful personal, educational, and informational purposes.
You agree not to:
- Attempt to compromise the security or availability of the website.
- Disrupt its operation through malicious requests or automated abuse.
- Introduce harmful software or malicious code.
- Use the website for unlawful purposes.
- Misrepresent your relationship with Home Energy Lab.
- Infringe intellectual property or other legal rights.
Reasonable access by legitimate search engines and other authorized automated services is not prohibited by these Terms.
5. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise indicated, the original text, website design, interactive experiences, calculator implementations, graphics, and other original materials on Home Energy Lab are owned by their respective rights holders.
You may access and use the website for ordinary personal and educational purposes.
Reproduction, redistribution, or commercial reuse of protected materials beyond what applicable law permits may require authorization.
Third-party trademarks, names, logos, and referenced materials remain the property of their respective owners.
6. External Links
Home Energy Lab may link to government resources, utility providers, manufacturers, educational websites, and other third-party services.
External links are provided for informational convenience and do not necessarily constitute endorsement.
We are not responsible for the availability, content, security, or practices of independently operated websites.
7. Advertising and Third-Party Services
Home Energy Lab may display advertisements or use third-party services to support the website.
Advertising does not constitute an endorsement or guarantee of any advertised product or service.
Use of third-party websites or services may be subject to their own terms and privacy policies.
8. Website Availability and Changes
We may update, modify, suspend, or discontinue website features as needed for maintenance, security, accuracy, or ongoing development.
We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability or that every feature will always operate without errors.
9. Disclaimer of Warranties
To the extent permitted by applicable law, Home Energy Lab is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis.
We make no guarantee that its content, calculators, or interactive features will be error-free, uninterrupted, or suitable for every specific purpose.
Nothing in these Terms excludes warranties or legal rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.
10. Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the operator of Home Energy Lab will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, or similar losses arising from the use of, or inability to use, the website.
This includes losses resulting from reliance on estimates, incorrect inputs, service interruptions, or decisions based on general informational content.
These limitations apply only to the extent permitted by applicable law and do not exclude liability that cannot legally be limited.
11. Privacy
Use of the website is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which describes our data practices and available privacy choices.
12. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these Terms as the website and its services evolve.
Updated Terms will be published on this page with a revised effective date. Material changes may require additional notice where applicable.
13. Contact
For questions about these Terms or Home Energy Lab, please visit our Contact page.