Home Energy Reduction Progress

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

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Our Home Energy Reduction 2008 Progress
This week I paid my last electric utility bill for 2008. As mentioned in Monday’s post we went off our “energy diet” during the holidays, so the monthly bill was higher than usual.
Still, in spite of our holiday energy binge, we used fewer kilowatt-hours (kWh) than [...]

Home Energy Efficiency and Major Appliances

Monday, September 15th, 2008

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Home Energy Efficiency and Major Appliances
Eventually, I want a net ZEH , a house that produces as much energy as it uses.
We are taking the small steps toward that end goal. Our initial goal is to reduce our energy consumption by 25%. For us that means reducing energy use to 38 kWh/day. [...]