[Greenbuilding] winterizing

[George J. Nesbitt]

Most of the winter energy savings from replacing windows comes from the
reduction in air leakage, although there are comfort benifits from a Low
E coating. Home Energy had a good article some years back, can't put my
hands on it right now. Weatherstripping would be better than temporary
shrinkwrap plastic. Of course lowering the thermostat saves energy
(remember Jimmy Carter). How much they save depends on many variables,
and will likely only be 1-2% of the total bill, but cost little to
nothing to do. The utility company just wants to sell more energy.


Antonio Chiarenza wrote:

>can anybody point me at a reliable source which studied the pros and cons, and putative savings, of window plastic, lowering the thermostat, etc.  the local utility company is apparently telling people that they don't save anything, even if you have drafty windows.  we have a lot of opinions flying around already, but I thought there was some actual hard number research out there.  if anyone can point me to it, preferably on line, it would be greatly appreciated.  thank you.
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