[Greenbuilding] Passivhaus in NY

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On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Paul Eldridge <
paul.eldridge at ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

> A few days ago I came across a real estate listing for a beautiful old home
> in the south-end of Halifax and the heating costs are said to be $7,850.00 a
> year (www.realtor.ca/**propertyDetails.aspx?**propertyId=11148223&PidKey=*
> *1715214229<http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11148223&PidKey=1715214229>
> <http://www.realtor.**ca/propertyDetails.aspx?**
> propertyId=11148223&PidKey=**1715214229<http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11148223&PidKey=1715214229>>).
>  I know that a fuel oil bill of $7,000.00 to $10,000.00 a year is not all
> that uncommon for some of these older properties, but I still have a hard
> time wrapping my head around these kinds of numbers.
>
> After a relatively mild start to the month our weather has turned notably
> colder and so our electrical meter has been a little more active of late.
>  For the first twenty-seven days of October we've consumed 27.3 kWh for
> space heating purposes or an average of 1.0 kWh a day.  Total cost to date
> this heating season: $3.39.
>
> See: http://i362.photobucket.com/**albums/oo69/HereinHalifax/**
> HPUsageasatOctober27th2011.jpg<http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo69/HereinHalifax/HPUsageasatOctober27th2011.jpg>
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
>
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