Comments on: The Greener, Money Saving House http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2009/08/10/104990_the-greener-money-saving-house.html Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Fri, 25 May 2012 19:43:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Meaghan http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2009/08/10/104990_the-greener-money-saving-house.html/comment-page-1/#comment-626675 Meaghan Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:32:52 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=4990#comment-626675 Nice post...all relatively simple changes that make a huge impact when added together. Nice post…all relatively simple changes that make a huge impact when added together.

]]> By: Gail http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2009/08/10/104990_the-greener-money-saving-house.html/comment-page-1/#comment-626332 Gail Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:14:52 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=4990#comment-626332 We are now in our third year in this house which hubby built and we have no intention of leaving. I have found that as you experience lving in a home you notice where the hot and cold spots are, when the summer afternoon sun will start a room cooking, etc. As we live here we are learning how to control the heat and cold passively as much as possible. We moved in at the beginning of July and with everything going on in the move, our upstair 'sunroom' with 4 large windows didn't have any curtains so we hung some thick blankets in front of the two biggest windows. By the next year, I had been able to make insulated curtain treatments for all the windows in that room. Amazing how much cooler the room is in the summer and warmer in the winter! By doing the sewing myself and buying the fabric in sale, I got lovely window treatments that matched the room and do a great job insulating and were much cheaper than trying to buy something comparable at the store. I still have more window treatments to make for the house, but there is a limit of how much I can do at a time. I love using my talents and hobbies to help keep the bills lower. That is just one example of what we have done. Unfortunately, this year Penelec has estimated every single bill this summer even though it has been cooler than usual and we only started using the AC daily about two weeks ago, we have been paying as if we hadn't done anything to save. I'm hoping for a big discount on the next read bill as my reading of the meter shows they have estimated us almost 1000kwh ahead of our actual usage. We are now in our third year in this house which hubby built and we have no intention of leaving. I have found that as you experience lving in a home you notice where the hot and cold spots are, when the summer afternoon sun will start a room cooking, etc. As we live here we are learning how to control the heat and cold passively as much as possible. We moved in at the beginning of July and with everything going on in the move, our upstair ‘sunroom’ with 4 large windows didn’t have any curtains so we hung some thick blankets in front of the two biggest windows. By the next year, I had been able to make insulated curtain treatments for all the windows in that room. Amazing how much cooler the room is in the summer and warmer in the winter! By doing the sewing myself and buying the fabric in sale, I got lovely window treatments that matched the room and do a great job insulating and were much cheaper than trying to buy something comparable at the store. I still have more window treatments to make for the house, but there is a limit of how much I can do at a time. I love using my talents and hobbies to help keep the bills lower. That is just one example of what we have done.

Unfortunately, this year Penelec has estimated every single bill this summer even though it has been cooler than usual and we only started using the AC daily about two weeks ago, we have been paying as if we hadn’t done anything to save. I’m hoping for a big discount on the next read bill as my reading of the meter shows they have estimated us almost 1000kwh ahead of our actual usage.

]]> By: Tightwad http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2009/08/10/104990_the-greener-money-saving-house.html/comment-page-1/#comment-626232 Tightwad Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:46:24 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=4990#comment-626232 Good article. :D I live in AZ. so most of those things I have already done Good article. :D
I live in AZ. so most of those things I have already done

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