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Heating the Homestead
Most of the time we heat our house from the electricity grid. Yawn, I know. Passive solar does the trick on rare, glorious sunny Seattle days, but the rest of the time we use an efficient ductless heat pump for … Continue reading
Keeping the Hot Tub Hot
This fall I wrote about our insulation woes and our high electric bill. Although we built storm windows, “…our electric bill did not go down appreciably. But that is another story…” This is that other story. We have lived in … Continue reading
Posted in energy, update
Tagged air, conservation, electricity, foam, hot tub cover, insulation, Spa Cap, wood hot tub
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The Warm Fuzzy of Insulation
Last month we got a letter from our electric utility. We are at the “100% percentile for electricity use among neighbours with houses similar to ours”. That’s the bad end of the spectrum. Of course, we don’t have any neighbours … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, energy, Sustainability, winter
Tagged conservation, electricity, insulation, old house, storm windows
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