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36 — Wednesday, December 3, 1997 ~ North Shore News

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Anna Marie D’Angela Fred Jorgensen. The — insulation into the attic, cost-

NEWS photo Terry Peters

NORTH Van resident Fred Jorgensen (right) allows B.C Hydro's Doug Lanoway
(left) and Power Smart contractor John Larche to check out his crawlspace.

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POWER Smarting a home
will not) gsarantee lower
Hydro bilis, but energy sav-
ings renovations should make
the place 2 lot more comfort.
able to live in.

B.C. Hydro’s
Lanoway said that aft
ing a home more energy efti-
cient through the Power
Smart program, a family
might use more electrical
products and not see any dit:
ference in Hydro bills. Bat
that same family should have a
less drafty home with fewer
temperature fluctuations.

Lanoway checked out the
home of Fred and {rene
Jorgensen recently after the

Doug

Jorgensens have lived in the
40-vear-old split level since
1989,

Lanoway said that replac-
ing windows may not be the
most frugal way of conserving
energy in a home. He said
insulating a craw) space or
avric and filling in gaps with
isolating materials may be
mare cost eff P

In the Jorgensen home the
atric was insulated at an R-7
level when the standard today
is R-40. Lanoway recom-
mended blowing in fiberglass

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Power Smart home improve:
ments in a draw ar the B.C.
Home Show. The couple live
in the Arborlynn
North Vancouver.
“We never did energy effi
cient upgrading. We've done a
lot of cosmetic things,” said

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contractor, John Larehe, of
Parcor Home Rehabilitation,
said placing a Kleenex over a
bathroom fan is a simple way
for a homeowner to sce if a
noisy fan is working. Larche
said that he has seen working
fans vented to other rooms in
the hame instead of outdoors,
nformation about tree
r Smart evaluations call
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