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Energy savings begins at a much lower level though then complete home renovations. Savings can start with your everyday home appliances such as your microwave, light bulbs, DVD players and more. Did you know that even a small change such as switching from an incandescent light bulb to a longer lasting compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) can save you over $60 in an 8-year period based on replacement and operating costs? Incandescent bulbs use 4 times as much energy as CFLs And that is just based on one light bulb. When a home is filled with products that meet government energy saving standards, not only can the savings accumulate but appraisers are now beginning to add value to homes based on the homes overall energy savings. According to Kathy Price-Robinson in the United States there are currently around half a million homes that have had an energy efficient home rating conducted. The U.S. Department of Energy by the year 2010 would like at least two million homes to be rated. That is a small step in comparison to the over 128 million homes in the United States today that are not rated; however, it is surely a step in the right direction. The energy efficient home rating program was created not with the resolve just to rate homes for overall efficiency but to make consumers more aware of the waste of energy in homes that drive up energy bills. The Energy Efficient Home Team is a success story in energy efficient home technology dating back to the mid-1980s. Their Ecobuilt building technology makes them the 21st centurys leading experts in energy efficiency in homes. Visit http://www.energyefficienthomearticles.com where they are featured writers under the heading energy efficient homes. |
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