Nubi Cohousing News » energy http://blog.nubicoho.org By and about the Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:41:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Nub-Igloo, Nubi brew, and Boileriffic party http://blog.nubicoho.org/2010/02/nub-igloo-nubi-brew-and-boileriffic-party/ http://blog.nubicoho.org/2010/02/nub-igloo-nubi-brew-and-boileriffic-party/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:30:45 +0000 Noel http://blog.nubicoho.org/?p=628 Some photos of last night’s festivities, including…..

A “Nub-Igloo”:

NubIgloo

Homebrew:

Nubi brew

And our boileriffic party:

Nubi party PO at boiler neighbors in boiler room

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JJ pulls Barbara & Sue on a fall afternoon

JJ pulls Barbara & Sue on a fall afternoon

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To prepare for talking with a reporter who was interested to know of any difference we may have seen in our heating and electricity costs after moving into a “green” home, I recently dug up bills from our last home and looked at our energy usage and costs there compared to here.

What I found was encouraging. I expected some savings on energy here, but the size of the difference is impressive….

Previous home: ~$2,000 for oil for the last year we were there.
Nubi home: ~$1,100 for our share of wood pellets for one year.

In both cases (previous home and here), the fuel was for both heat and hot water. What I find impressive is that the approximately $900 annual savings is for a home that is slightly larger than our previous home and a winter that has been colder than last winter in the Boston area.

I assumed we were moving into a more efficient home here, but it’s been nice to see that confirmed in hard facts and figures.

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