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Friday, December 24, 2010

5 things: Tips for winterization.

Local environmentalist Jacques Sapriel provides over two dozen tips on how to winterize your home, and save you money on your heating bills.

Jacques Sapriel is a nearby environmentalist. He runs a blog called PhillyEcoCity, where he covers all things sustainability in the Philadelphia Region. Jacques provided us with a wealth of information on how to winterize your home, saving the environment, and your money. This summer I bought a 120-year-old house. Somehow, right before buying the house, I won an energy audit from GreenerU Consulting. As I was listening to an overview of the results of the energy audit, I discovered that outside air is leaking into my house as if we had a three square feet window opened at all times. I decided to use my old house as a lab for what is possible to implement in terms of energy efficiency measures. The process of making the house more energy …

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