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GREEN HOME SHOW #14: Energy Saving New homes and Renovations: Part 1 Lower electric bills
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Overall Segment #1 – 9:00
Music, Introduction & Thank Sponsors (Doug & Paul) – 2:00
Introduction –
Good morning Delaware Valley and welcome to the Great Green Home Show, your one-stop shop to learn everything you need to know about reducing your carbon footprint through technology, conservation and education. Our intent, our mission, as it were, is to deliver energy saving information through a combination of interesting and informative guests, humorous skits with some colorful, recurring characters, helpful tips, and “green” news items, both local and global. But the key is, we want you, our listeners, to have fun. That’s our goal, to keep you interested and amused while you learn. So grab that cup of Organic, Fair Trade coffee and sit back and soak up the info.
By the way, I’m Doug Hunt, and next to me is the creator of the GGHS, Paul Hughes. Good morning Paul, how was your week? Anything special happen? Anything particularly green go on? Paul - Talk about design neighborhood sites, CMS systems and the contest, and libraries and green programs. MY Power chords. Ask me about Saturday....birthday party, yes?....Don’t you have an anniversary.... etc. Doug – Answer Paul’s questions and segue to…
Today’s show is all about “Green Building”. This should be of interest to anyone who’s thinking about buying a new home or to anyone living in a home that needs any sort of updating...
Today’s guest – Our guest today is Jim Primdahl, who is the director of the local Residential LEED Pilot program… LEED – L-E-E-D stands for “Leadersghip In Energy Efficiency Design” and Jim’s going to talk about energy efficiency in design, saving money and how to access resources in the residential market. But before we start today’s show we’d like to thank our sponsors… Paul?
Thanks to our sponsors – Suntrust Mortgage, CMI Electric, Energy Services Group, Myecoagent.com and Option Insurance Group. Also, Mark Unruh for the great music… and all the Musical activists at Mark’s home who let me play music with them...just a note for all Michael, Scott, Stevie, Mark, Roz, David, and all the other players, thanks so much for donating all the time and effort towards conservation... your contributions are huge, remember you guys are the spark... and listen to Scott Birney’s program on WVUD - 91.3 FM on Friday. Doug... Protect us...So let’s start today’s show with our first segment called…
Today’s Green Tips (Paul) – 5:00 Sponsored by: Suntrust Mortgage of Christiana
Today’s topic: Things you can do to lower your electric bill and reduce consumption of energy. Talk about the lists that are coming....Us
The List:
- dryer...numero uno,..use clothes line if possible
- extra fridge...eliminate or turn over to propane or high efficiency
- use micro...make sure right plates and cooking bowls
- lower heat
- raise AC...76,..... 78
- ceiling fans, whole house fans, attic fans....
- lights off... compact florescent bulbs...
- Power strips and turning off each at an earlier time
- On demand hot water....high efficiency and insulated wrap...lower temp..120 ok
- high efficiency windows and insulation in walls
- Dishwasher with full load...hand wash when you can…
- wash clothes in cold water...
- Clean and replace all air/furnace filters
- low flow shower heads use less hot water
- Energy Audit
- energy efficient appliances when you replace them
- Programmable thermostats for heat, hot water....
- space heaters in rooms and lower house heat
