Conventional wisdom
assumes environmental
initiatives and
business interests have
separate and
mutually exclusive goals. Hence it is feared that
environmental change requires regulation of business, paid for and maintained by tax dollars. Is there a better way to conserve energy that is cost effective and beneficial to all participants?Home Energy Tune-uP: Empowering Energy Savings Nationwide, answers this question by approaching energy conservation with market driven solutions. The idea is simple: homeowners should put their money where their house is by making homes more energy efficient and using the savings to pay for the improvements. Since 70 to 80 percent of the 6 to 7 million homes that are sold each year have a home inspection, and virtually everyone who buys a house makes some improvements, the opportunity to upgrade the energy technology of our aging housing stock is enormous.This publication starts by asking: what is a realistic goal for reducing the energy waste in existing homes using current technology? Is it affordable to homebuyers without a subsidy? It then explains the fundamentals of energy from how it is used - to how efficiency can be improved both by behavior changes and home improvements. This is followed by a detailed description of how an energy efficiency audit is conducted, what data are collected, what actionable information results, and how a homeowner can best implement the improvements. With numerous illustrations, informative tables, and a wealth of background information and reference material, this book makes the argument that energy efficiency improvements are the rational choice for all home-buyers and many home-owners..
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