Nubi Cohousing News » green 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 energy savings http://blog.nubicoho.org/2009/03/energy-savings/ http://blog.nubicoho.org/2009/03/energy-savings/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:59:23 +0000 Noel http://blog.nubicoho.org/?p=182

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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