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How does one value the cost/benefit of Insulation in your home? joseph Varga 08-28-2006
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Posted by joseph Varga on August 28, 2006, 1:23 pm
How does one value the cost/benefit of Insulation in your home? Also what
how do you consider the sq foot cost?

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on August 28, 2006, 1:44 pm

> How does one value the cost/benefit of Insulation in your home? Also what
> how do you consider the sq foot cost?

You have to calculate the savings in energy cost. If X amount of insulation
cost $1000 to install, but saves me $450 a year on heating and cooling costs
. . . . . . . . . .

There are very few places in the world where a home would not benefit from
good insulation. There is also the comfort factor in many cases also.



Posted by udarrell on August 28, 2006, 2:26 pm
joseph Varga wrote:

>How does one value the cost/benefit of Insulation in your home? Also what
>how do you consider the sq foot cost?
>
>
You are on the right track. Reducing the heat-gain heat-loss is the best
investment you can make.
Then have a manual J done and do NOT oversize either airconditioning oe
heating.
A slightly undersized A/C is far better than an oversized system!
- udarrell

--
Air Conditioning's Affordable Path to the "Human Comfort Zone Goal"
http://www.udarrell.com/udarrell-air-conditioning.html

Posted by Jay Stootzmann on August 29, 2006, 12:27 am
The DOE has sites that help calculate that. One thing to keep in mind that
the biggest bang for the buck will be in sealing the home envelope.

see: If
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=home_sealing.hm_improvement_sealing



> How does one value the cost/benefit of Insulation in your home? Also what
> how do you consider the sq foot cost?



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