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Home Energy Efficiency versus New Energy

By Solar energy | December 5, 2008

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Home Energy Efficiency versus New Energy

There appears to be a contest between embracing energy efficiency and going solar.

Why is every thing a contest? We all want the same thing:

•    Reduced carbon footprint
•    Reduced energy bills
•    Reliable energy source
•    Energy independence

Maybe it’s the government subsidies. Solar energy gets subsidies but home energy efficiency is the more cost-effective. One homeowner observed,

“Even with all the incentives offered [for solar], it pays me more to solve my problem by retrofitting the house.”

It does not have to be an either/or situation. In fact, wanting to go solar was our impetus to practice energy efficiency. The most cost effective way to clean the air of carbon emissions is to not put them there in the first place.

And the most cost effective home solar system is the one on the most energy efficient home.

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