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  How to make sure your green home upgrades pay off Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 18:24 -0600
    Re: How to make sure your green home upgrades pay off jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-26 00:40 +0000
    Re: How to make sure your green home upgrades pay off gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-25 23:41 -0600

#535514 — How to make sure your green home upgrades pay off

How to make sure your green home upgrades pay off
> http://phys.org/news/2015-11-green-home.html

> GET A HOME ENERGY AUDIT
>
> You want to lower your electric or gas bill. You may even be ready to
> buy or lease solar panels to generate electricity. But what if you
> can accomplish big savings by simply re-sealing your windows and
> doors to prevent air inside your home from venting, driving up your
> heating and cooling costs? Where do you begin?
>
> During an energy audit an expert sizes up the efficiency of your
> appliances, air and heating systems, and gauges how much air your
> home is leaking.
>
> Up to 25 percent of heating and cooling costs result from heat loss,
> as air moves in and out of a house through holes, improperly sealed
> windows and insufficient insulation.
>
> Check with your electric or gas company to see whether they offer to
> conduct home energy inspections. Often, such audits may be free.
>
> MAKE EASY CHANGES FIRST
>
> Tackling less expensive changes first can add up to big savings.
>
> Replacing incandescent lights with compact fluorescent light bulbs,
> using a programmable thermostat to control when air conditioning or
> heat turns on can whittle away at your utility bills. Then there's
> insulation, the decidedly low-tech but key feature of every energy
> efficient home.
>


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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> How to make sure your green home upgrades pay off
>> http://phys.org/news/2015-11-green-home.html
> 
>> GET A HOME ENERGY AUDIT
>>
>> You want to lower your electric or gas bill. You may even be ready to
>> buy or lease solar panels to generate electricity. But what if you
>> can accomplish big savings by simply re-sealing your windows and
>> doors to prevent air inside your home from venting, driving up your
>> heating and cooling costs? Where do you begin?

Wear shorts in the summer and a sweater in the winter.

>> During an energy audit an expert sizes up the efficiency of your
>> appliances, air and heating systems, and gauges how much air your
>> home is leaking.
>>
>> Up to 25 percent of heating and cooling costs result from heat loss,
>> as air moves in and out of a house through holes, improperly sealed
>> windows and insufficient insulation.

Up to 100 percent of radon poisoning and toxic mold result from 
insufficient ventilation.

>> Check with your electric or gas company to see whether they offer to
>> conduct home energy inspections. Often, such audits may be free.

But usually they are not.

>> MAKE EASY CHANGES FIRST
>>
>> Tackling less expensive changes first can add up to big savings.
>>
>> Replacing incandescent lights with compact fluorescent light bulbs,

And be prepared for the hazardous waste clean up if you break one
on the rug.

>> using a programmable thermostat to control when air conditioning or
>> heat turns on can whittle away at your utility bills. Then there's
>> insulation, the decidedly low-tech but key feature of every energy
>> efficient home.
>>
> 
>   There's More

Especially for clap trap houses in Iowa.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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#535573

On 11/25/2015 6:24 PM, Sam Wormley wrote:

>> Replacing incandescent lights with compact fluorescent light bulbs,

puts poizonous mercury into all your rooms in your home, and does not 
provide heat in the winter.

What the Greenies wont tell you;

Incandesent lights are highly effecent in the fall and winter time by 
providing infrared HEAT directly

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