Our Net 50 Energy Challenge – Part 2
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In step 1 we set our goals: reduce our energy usage by 50% and invest up to $8,200 to accomplish this.
Here in step 2 we will investigate the exterior of our house and property.
We don’t have a survey of our property, so we have developed one ourselves. We went to our county auditor’s website and found a site map and a building sketch.
Next, we used the site map as a base to sketch the rest of the site improvements on. Several items of interest are: the perennial gardens, the trees and house to the east that shade our property in the morning, the trees to the south that shade the south portion of the back lawn, the redbud that shades the perennial garden between the house and the patio, and the garage to the west that shades the patio from the harsh evening sun.        Â
We then transferred this information to graph paper.
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Finally, we photographed the exterior of the house.
 
   
 
 
Some of the exterior water and energy saving products and strategies that we are considering are: weatherizing, rain barrels, solar air heaters, sun shades, and a green roof on the porch. We will need to complete this Home Energy Audit to verify which make the most sense.
Dan Bossenbroek
September 22, 2009
Tags: Energy Audit, Energy Conservation, Net 50 Energy Challenge Posted in: Energy Conservation, Home Energy Audit
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