Home Improvement With Alternative Energy Heating
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Energy Efficient Mortgage
Do It Yourself Energy Audit
Utility Rebates
State Tax Credits
Federal Tax Credits
Linking Partners
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- Improving your home with
alternative energy heating
will provide the following
benefits:
- 1. Save you thousands of
dollars in heating and
energy costs for years to
come.
2. Improve the value of your
home.
3. Give you peace of mind
from more predictable fuel
costs.
The key to making a successful transition from conventionally fueled heating appliances to
money saving alternatives is determining which alternative fuel is most abundant where
you live, and therefore the cheapest.
For instance, in 2006, when corn was $2.50 a bushel and diesel fuel was $2.39 a gallon,
you could afford to "import" corn from the Midwest to the Northeast U.S., and still save a
substantial amount of money heating with a corn stove.
By 2008, with corn at $5.75 a bushel and diesel fuel passing $4.00 a gallon, the cost of
trucking alone rendered corn for fuel in the Northeast far less economical than readily
available wood or wood pellets.
However, if you live in the Midwest where corn is abundant, you could afford to pay $5.75
a bushel to heat your home and still save 35% over the cost of heating oil.
Despite recent price increases for corn, wood, and wood pellets resulting from crude oil
speculation, they're still 50% less expensive than propane and electricity, and 35%
cheaper than heating oil.
The real beneficiaries of skyrocketing crude oil prices are geothermal, solar, and wind.
These alternate heat and energy systems are more expensive at the outset, but the final
cost can be reduced substantially with tax credits and utility rebates.
Although none of the renewable energy systems just mentioned totally eliminates
dependence on conventional fuels, you'll experience an immediate 30%-70% reduction in
home heating or energy costs and insulate yourself to a greater degree from fuel cost
inflation for years to come.
Just like any other well designed major home improvement, a money saving alternative
heating/energy system will add value to your home. The average for renewable energy
systems is $10 in added home value for every $1 in annual energy savings.
If you've just begun your search for an alternative heating or energy system, please read
Alternative Heating Overview-Where Do You Fit In?.
money saving alternatives is determining which alternative fuel is most abundant where
you live, and therefore the cheapest.
For instance, in 2006, when corn was $2.50 a bushel and diesel fuel was $2.39 a gallon,
you could afford to "import" corn from the Midwest to the Northeast U.S., and still save a
substantial amount of money heating with a corn stove.
By 2008, with corn at $5.75 a bushel and diesel fuel passing $4.00 a gallon, the cost of
trucking alone rendered corn for fuel in the Northeast far less economical than readily
available wood or wood pellets.
However, if you live in the Midwest where corn is abundant, you could afford to pay $5.75
a bushel to heat your home and still save 35% over the cost of heating oil.
Despite recent price increases for corn, wood, and wood pellets resulting from crude oil
speculation, they're still 50% less expensive than propane and electricity, and 35%
cheaper than heating oil.
The real beneficiaries of skyrocketing crude oil prices are geothermal, solar, and wind.
These alternate heat and energy systems are more expensive at the outset, but the final
cost can be reduced substantially with tax credits and utility rebates.
Although none of the renewable energy systems just mentioned totally eliminates
dependence on conventional fuels, you'll experience an immediate 30%-70% reduction in
home heating or energy costs and insulate yourself to a greater degree from fuel cost
inflation for years to come.
Just like any other well designed major home improvement, a money saving alternative
heating/energy system will add value to your home. The average for renewable energy
systems is $10 in added home value for every $1 in annual energy savings.
If you've just begun your search for an alternative heating or energy system, please read
Alternative Heating Overview-Where Do You Fit In?.
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