#weatherization

[joehills]

Me when it is barely above freezing:

“it’s supposed to be chilly in winter—put on a sweater. Where’s your hat?”

Me when it dips below freezing at all:

“The pipes in this place are probably as cheap as everything else. Fling open every sink cabinet door and TURN UP THAT HEAT!”

[servicemag]

The Weatherization Study That Should Change How You Quote Energy Savings

The most rigorous field test ever run on home weatherization found that the savings were about half the cost of the work. Not half of what was hoped. Half of what was paid.

In 2018, economists Meredith Fowlie, Michael Greenstone, and Catherine Wolfram published a randomized controlled trial covering more than 30,000 Michigan households in the federal Weatherization Assistance Program: attic insulation, air sealing, furnace work. Real upgrades, real meters, real winters.

The numbers: upfront costs ran about twice the measured energy savings. The engineering models used to qualify the upgrades predicted roughly 2.5 times the savings that actually appeared on utility bills. Average annual rate of return: about negative 9.5%.

And here's the twist. It wasn't the rebound effect. The researchers found no evidence that weatherized homes ran warmer than the control group. People weren't spending the savings on comfort. The models were just wrong about how real houses behave.

The caveats are real too: low-income single-family homes, one state, free upgrades through a federal program. Equipment swaps and owner-funded retrofits can perform closer to projections. But the takeaway stands for anyone quoting or buying efficiency work: modeled savings are a ceiling, not a midpoint.

If a contractor promises a five-year payback off audit software, the right follow-up is "based on the model, or on measured bills from jobs like mine?" The good ones know the difference.

The paper: Fowlie, Greenstone & Wolfram, The Quarterly Journal of Economics 133(3), 2018.

Full breakdown, including how contractors should quote payback honestly: ServiceMag

[northwestweatherizationor]

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[hutchbiz]

How to Weatherize Your Home for Any Season

Weatherization is an important part of properly maintaining your property as a homeowner. Here's how to weatherize your home for any season.

Whether you’re moving into a new home or staying in your current home during the change of seasons, weatherization should be at the forefront of your mind. This is an important part of properly maintaining your property as a homeowner. What is weatherization? How does it benefit your home? How can you start taking advantage of the benefits of weatherization now? Keep reading for our top weatherization tips.

[alamorcd]

We had an awesome Senior Social on Zoom today and we want to send out a Special THANK YOU to Elaina Medina of the Weatherization Program at Alamo Area Council of Governments for her AWESOME presentation on their tremendous services!!! ❤️ 🏠🏠🏠 ❤️ #waterlandyou #energy #conservation #weatherization #airconditioning #heating #conserve #seniorcitizen #agingwell #aginggracefully #home #heating #cooling #energywize #savings https://www.instagram.com/p/CO15l4TMr4W/?igshid=ew9ntl1ntskh

[alamorcd]

Thank you! THANK YOU to the Hill Country Weekly Newspaper! Please get a copy and read our article on Page 4 of their May 6 issue! THEN be sure and SEND Alamo RCD an email to sign up for our Senior Zoom Session On May 13! FREE to all Seniors age 55 and over. See article for instructions on how to sign up! ❤️ 🔸 🏠 🔸 ❤️ #waterlandyou #arcdseniors #weatherization #aacog https://www.instagram.com/p/COlCLoDsSCE/?igshid=q9ty3auypdzy

[kimmiliah]

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