building energy, divestment, emissions data, personal footprint, preparing for climate change, reducing emissions in ma, science and goals
Carbon reduction goals — 80% by 2050 (enough?) Global Warming Solutions Act Planning process Massachusetts Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2020 Secretary’s Determination Greenhouse gas inventory (see page 4) How much is under individual control? Deep Energy Retrofit Project Downsize first The project photos CFM Goals Case study I (Building Science) Continual learning process Monitoring …
Continue reading “Numbers matter (an oral presentation outline)”
I am working on a portfolio of bills to further a clean energy strategy in this session.
This post continues the sharing of learning from the “deep energy retrofit” of our home. It summarizes a financial analysis of the project.
What is the net environmental impact of a deep energy retrofit (DER)? We know that adding insulation, a more efficient furnace, modern windows and leak sealing foam to an older house will reduce the energy required to maintain a given temperature. We can calculate the cost savings and GHG reductions. But what of the environmental …
Building Sciences Corporation has published a case study of our super-insulated home project.
Jon Stewart’s framing of this question is as powerful as it is amusing, although his answer is only more humor.
