Real Stories
Heat Pump: A Love Story
For years, Deena Eber used electric baseboard heat and a wood stove to warm her Burton home. But she began to consider alternatives. After all, she knew she wouldn’t be able to stack and lug logs forever. See more »
Geo Joe
Joe and Helen Meeker live in a 1,300-square-foot home on ten wooded acres near Paradise Ridge. “When we bought the house,” says Joe, “we had electric baseboard heat, which is extremely inefficient, very expensive and not very good. We wanted a system that was energy efficient, quiet and, if possible, was derived from the land [...] See more »
Step-by-Step. Our Energy Audit
We live in a house we love. It has high ceilings, barnwood siding, and a killer view. It also leaks like a sieve. It was built in the 30s and added on to, remodeled, torn down and built up. It’s a lot like other houses in that regard. Doing something about the leaks has been [...] See more »
A Weatherization Diary
Yesterday, an energy auditor spent six hours looking at every aspect of our 100+ year old house. We’ll meet with him in a week or so and get a long long list of things we can do to tighten up our house and make it much more energy efficient. We’re starting to learn about heating [...] See more »