Ken, This website is a wonderful contribution to our community (and the rest of the state). Congratulations to you and your team on a job extremely well done!
Gay On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:31 AM, Kenneth Schlather wrote: > 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 ---------------------------------------------------- Gay Nicholson, Ph.D. 607-533-7312 (home office) 607-220-8991 (cell) 1 Maple Avenue Lansing, NY 14882 [email protected] Sustainable Tompkins Program Coordinator www.sustainabletompkins.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
