Energy Assessment

The power company offers lots of rebates for home improvements if you pay for a $99 home assessment. They hooked up this fan to our front door to measure where our house was leaking the most air - the chimney, the floor boards mostly. They also gave us 10 compact fluorescent bulbs, two faucet aerators, and a shower head that doesn't waste hot water. Hopefully we will be able to get about $800 back in rebates for the many $$$$ of home improvements we are doing.

The test required the AC to run at full bore. The high temperature today was 115F (46.1C). By the time the assessor left, our 14 year old AC unit had run its last race. So much for moving in to the house this weekend!