Ohio State’s Mark Walter speaks this Thursday (Feb. 23) on the university’s enCORE solar home (video 3:29), which placed fifth out of 20 international teams in last year’s U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. (Photo: Jim Tetro/DOE/Solar Decathlon.)
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Sustainable housing, energy savings: What can we learn from this place?
Posted by Kurt Knebusch on February 20th, 2012
Home energy audit well worth it
Posted by Martha Filipic on February 10th, 2011
I first heard about home energy audits last summer when I attended an energy efficiency presentation by ATI professor Allen Zimmerman. (His talk was really thought-provoking -- and he's willing to speak to groups small and large. Contact him at zimmerman.7@osu.edu to see about his availability).
Among all the pieces of great advice Allen gave, item No. 1 was to get a home energy audit. It might cost $250 or so, but Zimmerman said in most cases it's well worthwhile. I procrastinated... but the seed was planted.
Today, I had an extensive home energy audit conducted for just $50, thanks to Columbia Gas of Ohio. Was it worth time and nominal expense? You bet. Here's what auditor-extraordinaire Jacque (pronounced Jackie) Chaney found:
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