Tony and others, Now seems like a good time to let you know that Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County has developed a website on energy efficiency practices that not only tells you how much you can save by implementing different energy saving practices in your home from A to Z but also shows you HOW, with video clips for most of the things that may not be as clear as us weatherizing greenhorns may like (how thin IS a thin bead of caulk anyway?!). The site is designed to help those with little time (with a table of some 34 tips that take 10 minutes or less to do), little money (23 tips that cost nothing, plus many more that cost 20 bucks or less), as well as for those who live in apartments or mobile homes. Each of the tips links you to the page on the site where you can read or view HOW to do those things.
There is also a nifty house that you can click on any part of it to see what you could do to save energy in that part of the house. (And Tony, there is a great section on ventilation and another on insulation with some excellent videos, that would be worthwhile looking at whether you hire a contractor or do the work yourself.) You can find the site at this link, http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/tompkins/energysavings/ or if you would prefer to have a free CD of the website drop me a line off line and let me know how you'll share the information about this site with someone else and we'll get you the CD. If you want more than one CD so that you can share it with other people we can arrange that as well. And if you do visit the site and have suggestions for improvements we'd love to have them as we intend to continue to improve the site. ken At 10:17 AM 12/11/2008, Jan Quarles wrote: >Tony, > >Our farmhouse was built in 1870. We hired Performance Systems in 2005, and >Jon Harrod was the lead person on the job. I would highly recommend him and >you can now contact him at his own company, "Snug Planet" in Ithaca. Jon did >a whole-house assessment, with a before-and-after blower test and a camera >that can see through your walls to determine which ones need insulating. We >were surprised and relieved to find that most of our lathe and plaster >walls, which are very thick, had plenty of insulation. Jon's expert advice >saved us lots of money. He recommended keeping our old windows that include >old wood frame storms. The attic insulation of R50 value helped >tremendously, along with doorsweeps and some weatherstripping. I think the >insulation was rodent-proof cellulose, but you could ask Jon. Over the past >3 winters, the work they did helped us reduce heating fuel needs by 33%, >just as Jon had predicted via the blower test results. It paid for itself, >and we helped lower CO2 as well as our utility costs. > >- Jan Quarles >Sheldrake, NY > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tony Del Plato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "postingsustainabletompkins" <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:24 AM >Subject: [SustainableTompkins] Insulation > > > > Hello TC Sustainers: > > I just bought a home built in 1850 and want to insulate portions that need > > it. Any thoughts or experiences with Airkrete, Cellulose, Icynene or > > Polyurethane as well as contractors would be appreciated. > > Tony Del Plato > > > > -- > > An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged > > lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living. > > - Nicholas Chamfort > > _______________________________________________ > > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > > [email protected] > > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.16/1843 - Release Date: > > 12/11/2008 8:36 AM > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, >please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > >RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: >[email protected] >http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins >free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
