Liz and Mark's Essay and Poem
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| Liz and Mark's House |
We are a husband/wife,
architect/project manager team with LEED training. We are recognized for our remodel work and clients
look to us to help them achieve their homes’ energy requirements. We have a home office in a 1968 brick and
frame tri-level home with a slab on grade lower level, a partial crawl space
and an old inefficient hot-water baseboard system. This home had a solar hot water system added
in 1982 which wore out years ago.
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| Liz and Mark's old heating system |
The primary energy upgrade
would be replacing the failing heating system while improving our indoor air
quality. The Xcel Energy Audit totals $11,213. If selected, we would use the additional
dollars to upgrade the single pane windows, increase the size of the south
windows for passive solar, change the old wood-burning fireplaces to gas,
replace the whole house fan, remove the defunct solar panels, install window
coverings and insulated garage door. We
would then have a home demonstrating energy savings to showcase as an example for
clients. With the downturn of the
economy resulting in slow business, these improvements would give us cost
savings, a boost to our marketability, as well as improve the quality of life
for our family of five!
Our World’s resources won’t last.
We must conserve unlike the past.
Every light bulb and leaky seal
Must be addressed for the best deal
By focusing on things with meaning
It will contribute to our World’s greening!
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