A Home Energy Audit Will Produce Monthly Savings
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Home energy auditors often will target the humdrum solutions that provide big benefits relative to the cash outlay, like installing low-flow shower heads and insulating water pipes. The audit itself is a relatively straightforward process. Depending on the number of tests run, it takes anywhere from an hour to an afternoon. A recent audit for a three-bedroom, one-bathroom house built in 1957, for example, indicated that the most cost-effective upgrade was to replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents, at a cost of $35 and an annual saving of $87. The bulbs should pay for themselves in five months. The upgrade with the longest payback is installing a programmable thermostat, which should cost $162 but saves only $26 per year — a payback period of six years and three months. The most expensive suggestion in the report: Increase attic insulation, at a cost of $772, for an annual saving of $315, or a payback of two to three years.
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