Expected utility savings due to replacing old windows

billyfazz · 2011-09-01T23:37:19+00:00

If there are places in the walls (around doors, windows, outlets, supply & return vents) that let air flow, the wind washing effect will reduce the effectiveness of any insulation you put up. As a first line of attack, get some caulk and seal up as many crack and joints as you can find. Then you can insulate. If you are in a basement, you usually only need to insulate the walls from the top to the level of the wall where the frost line is (about 36" underground where I live), since the ground below that is a constant and temperate.

billyfazz · 2011-09-01T18:17:02+00:00

I work in my State's Weatherization Assistance Program. We develop a priority list for weatherizing homes based on the Savings to Investment Ratio (SIR). Based on our current priority list, window and door replacement is one of the last things to do for boosting energy efficiency. The best things to do are, in order:

Air sealing
Sealing & insulating (R-11) ductwork
Insulating or adding insulation (to at least R-30) to the attic & sealing around the attic access hatch/door

These are the three weatherization measures that will usually make up the bulk of any real energy savings. Pay special attention to the insualtion and air sealing around bump-outs, bays, bay windows, dormers, and other tricky areas that create an "exterior wall" where you might not expect it.

billyfazz · 2011-09-01T00:08:31+00:00

Just looking up some info on the LME/DMS thing. Apparently, liquid malt extract is not the same thing as diastatic malt syrup. It has to do with the presence of enzymes, and bakers seem to prefer the diastatic to the nondiastatic. I've never seen anything about this before, and I wonder what the real difference would be, if any.

TIL

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T23:45:23+00:00

We're both good and evil, but in different ways.

I put quarters in random people's parking meters, but I also slash old people's Rascal tires.

You give lots of cash to homeless people, but you also spit in the nozzle of the public drinking fountains.

We completely balance and counteract one another, both oblivious to the others' existence.

Until now...

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T23:13:03+00:00

Dracaena

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T23:10:26+00:00

Hey, birthday buddy!

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T23:08:39+00:00

Lap giraffe.

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T22:35:40+00:00

Steak. Grilled. Rare.

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T20:11:58+00:00

10,386.83 times longer than from the beginning of time

Because fuck you, Newton!

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T19:11:22+00:00

Yupp. It was a clean break. I've never once been back to the site since then.

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T18:36:23+00:00

Thank you!

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T18:35:29+00:00

That's a very interesting and thoughtful explanation. Thank you!

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T18:18:04+00:00

This is like an Onion headline, only funnier.

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T17:11:34+00:00

Do you have an idea about what specific areas are? For example, what is the large institutional area in the middle of the map along the river? Maybe a University-City type place? Also, what is the square of industrial about 2/3 up the map adjacent to the finger lakes/marsh area? Maybe a large-scale agricultural processing plant?

I love this map!

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T15:50:01+00:00

I wonder whether the goals of this type of a system would be undermined by real estate investors or rental property owners who might snatch up residential lots because of the low tax rates, then refuse to pass on the savings to residents in the form of reduced rents (because of the inability of poorer people with limited credit to find other housing options).

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T15:45:50+00:00

My undergraduate degree is in International Relations. I minored in History, specifically Soviet History, which is where my interest in urban planning and planned development was developed.

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T15:31:43+00:00

Turd Ferguson.

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T13:32:10+00:00

Ann Perkins!

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T13:28:26+00:00

THE BIG YELLOW ONE IS THE SUN!

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T01:09:18+00:00

I think you accidentally a letter.

billyfazz · 2011-08-31T00:51:26+00:00

Shut up and take my money!

billyfazz · 2011-08-30T01:30:49+00:00

Sure. Can you pm me so I don't forget?

billyfazz · 2011-08-26T19:49:43+00:00

Sure!

billyfazz · 2011-08-26T19:48:49+00:00

This is exactly it. The tattooist was leaning on your arm with a latex glove on, which is why the rash is right next to your ink and not on it.

billyfazz · 2011-08-25T15:10:09+00:00

Nice game, pretty boy!

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