[Greenbuilding] simple energy-less home

[John Straube]

Using dollars to measure energy is like measuring happiness with dollars. There is some correlation but quite limited.
I know of a cottage in Ontario that paid more then 30 per month while it's electrical system was torn out eg. it used zero power during that time.
Kwh or btu or even joules should be used for measuring energy use.


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From: Reuben Deumling
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 18:21
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Cool. I'd like to see numbers, though. When you have PV on the roof, $240 doesn't mean that much (at least to me).

My family's annual energy bills total $400 of which >half are fixed charges unrelated to usage and I have no PV.


On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Sacie Lambertson <sacie.lambertson at gmail.com<mailto:sacie.lambertson at gmail.com>> wrote:
Very simply designed house in Maine uses little energy to operate:

http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/10895176/list?utm_source=Houzz&utm_campaign=u284&utm_medium=email&utm_content=gallery1

Lots of readers' comments follow.

Sacie

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