14 - Friday, October 14, 1988 - North Shore News

From pags 13
home’s lower heating and cooling
costs become obvious. Monthly
payments remain consistent
because energy costs are calculated
in advance,

Using PITE, some Canadian
lending institutions are now allow-
ing buyers of R-2000 homes to put
up 32 per cent of their monthly in-
come into a mortgage, instead of
the usual cut-off of 30 per cent.
The result is a higher debt service
and more flexibility in home size
and design. As well, although an
R-2800 home may cost more,
PITE payments per month will be
consistent with those of a conven-
tional home beginning some time
between the third and fifth year.

R-2000 homes are also sound
investments because of their
high-quality construction. R-2000
standards far exceed even the
toughest provincial construction
codes, and the attention to detail
needed to build these homes results
in a superior product with an ex-
cellent resale value.

R-2000 technology offers some
obvious and iinmediate energy
benefits, but that doesn’t mean
you should put your existing home
up for sale. You can conserve
energy, save money and protect
your investment through such
home ‘‘retrofit’? measures as
upgrading windows or adding in-
sulation.

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These measures can be an effec-
tive buffer against future energy
cost increases, as well as a means
of increasing the value of your
house.

Retrofit measures such as air
sealing, new windows, insulation
in the attic and upgraded wall in-
sulation add up to energy savings
in the home. But before undertak-
ing any of these measures, it is im-
portant to weigh the benefits
against the costs and to develop a
list of priorities for energy conser-
vation projects.

REPLACE WINDOWS

For example, replacing faulty
windows with more energy-effi-
cient ones will improve the com-
fort and value of your home.
However, from an energy efficien-
cy standpoint, less expensive activ-
ities such as caulking and
weatherstripping may have shorter
payback periods.

Hard questions must also be
asked about upgrading insulation,
which is generally regarded as one
of the most effective conservation
measures available to homeowners.
For example, while many home-
owners think they can reduce their
energy costs by adding insulation
to the attic, the question remains
as to how much insulation should
be added before the costs begin to

outweigh the benefits.

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When considering insulation in
any area of your home, many
variables must be taken into ac-
count; for example, the existing
levels of insulation; the cost of the
additional insulation materials and
installation; the cost of energy; in-
terest rates if you have to borrow
money for the project; the effi-
ciency of the heating equipment;
the life expectancy of the building;
and the climatic conditions of your
area.

All of these factors will have an
impact on the payback period for
the project. If you determine that
payback will be quick (three or
four years), the project is wor-
thwhile. On the other hand, if you
do not anticipate recovering your
costs for 15 or 20 years, you
should seriously question the in-
vestment.

One project that offers good
payback is the installation of an
automatic setback thermostat. This

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you can reduce your space heating
cost by about five per cent.

ADD INSULATION

Many renovation projects pro-
vide an excellent opportunity to
add insulation and improve the
energy efficiency of your honie at
a small incremental cost. Look for
opportunities for ‘‘piggyback”’
conservation when undertaking
projects such as finishing your
basement, sealing foundation walls
from the outside, installing siding.
or remodelling a kitchen or
bathroom.

The message to homeowners and
potential home buyers is clear:
energy costs are an expensive fact

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will become even more so when
world oil prices rebound. But
energy costs in the home can be
minimized. After carefully
weighing the benefits against the
costs, more and more Canadians
are coming to the conclusion that
home energy conservation repre-
sents a sound investment for the
future.

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