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dancerjodi) wrote2008-10-20 12:11 pm
dancerjodi) wrote2008-10-20 12:11 pm
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The energy audit guy is here and finishing up his stuff. He has a laptop and printer and will print out a report for me when he's done. Right now he's putting weather stripping around our front door (and will put some CFLs in the few places that don't have them).
All in all this was a neat experience. I guess a lot of what he'd be doing would be insulation related, so this is taking less time than planned (since our insulator is coming in 2 weeks anyway). Windows are good, appliances are good. Furnace is 9 years old and water heater 10 years. He told me that last month the rebate from National Grid went up for insulating, so we'll get $2k back rather than $750 - score! I have a short list of some things that were suggested, but nothing major.
He asked that I e-mail him to share how our energy useage has changed once the insulation is in, since he doesn't have a lot of hard evidence to share with people (given that our house had nothing, ours would be a good test).
Totally worth doing for free if your energy company covers it like mine does. If you're really concerned at your energy useage, I think it would be worth the $200 or $300 that they'd normally charge if it wasn't subsidized by your utility.
All in all this was a neat experience. I guess a lot of what he'd be doing would be insulation related, so this is taking less time than planned (since our insulator is coming in 2 weeks anyway). Windows are good, appliances are good. Furnace is 9 years old and water heater 10 years. He told me that last month the rebate from National Grid went up for insulating, so we'll get $2k back rather than $750 - score! I have a short list of some things that were suggested, but nothing major.
He asked that I e-mail him to share how our energy useage has changed once the insulation is in, since he doesn't have a lot of hard evidence to share with people (given that our house had nothing, ours would be a good test).
Totally worth doing for free if your energy company covers it like mine does. If you're really concerned at your energy useage, I think it would be worth the $200 or $300 that they'd normally charge if it wasn't subsidized by your utility.
Re: Home Insulation
And Keyspan (gas) -- which I have -- is now called National Grid, or so my new bills and their flyer tell me. (I've no clue if it was bought out or just changed names/identity.) So it's odd if they're operating separately. But I'll check into it. Thanks again, very useful info! I've been putting off looking into it, too many other $$ irons in the fire right now. (Like, next year I'll HAVE to paint the house exterior, and no clue how long my roof will hold out until it has to be replaced. Oy!)