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Ah, yeah, my behavior is the opposite. If we had solar we would probably close the windows more and use the heat pump/AC more, for starters. Or defer new window

• jacquesm 4y ago
  Insulation is a good ROI, new windows too if you have really crappy ones but we already have fairly good ones but bad frames so that will come after the insulation and the heat pump are in place. Altogether it's a 75K project and it will cut the power bill from $1500 / month or so to $100 to $200. That's at present day power prices, which are still very high here, the changes so far have cut that 1500 to 750 so there is still a ways to go to the goal. I really hope to be able to get rid of the gas, that's the biggest dependency that I would like to remove.
  • majormajor 4y ago
    Ooh the power bill context really makes the difference in approach make sense. We're under $100 most months, so very different incentives for sure. Small house, good breezes, very new heat pump. So even something like better insulation has issues that make me wary - if not done right, could be more condensation problems inside the walls, so probably would want to redo the full sheathing too, and then might as well do more, etc, etc...