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If you are considering building a 'New Energy Efficient Home' in Missouri I have some statistics-cost saving analysis that I guarantee will please your Bank Account.
A New Home Built using the International Energy Conservation Code- IECC. provides a cost effective payback on Energy Efficiency, with the average pay back time of 3 ½ years (3.5) Not bad for an initial investment of $818.72. The Missouri Pay Back-'ROI' is even faster! BCAP used a baseline for energy efficiency consisting of:
Efficient Lighting and Windows,
a Higher Grade of Insulation and
HVAC Duct Sealing and Testing
The Missouri Statistics are:
$875.28 Initial Investment Returns
$459.00 per year with a
Payback under 2 years (1.91 years)
$459 x 20 years = $9,180.00
x 25 years = $11,475.00
x 30 years = $13,770.00
These Figures are based on: $267,451 for a 2,400-square foot home and a 4.14 percent mortgage interest rate
For the Future St Louis Area New Home Builders I have additional cost Saving Measures that will give you additional areas to save money without sacrificing your Comfort Levels. Email: scottscontracting@gmail.com to find out how. With Savings like this consider adding a Renewable Energy System designed especially for your Future Property and you could possibly Eliminate ALL the Utility Bills for your Home by Generating your Own Clean Energy!
Scotts Contracting works with local building material suppliers in the St Louis Area.
_______________________ Note: The Statistics used in this post were provided by: 1-http://bcap-ocean.org/incremental-cost-analysis and 2-http://www.altenergymag.com/news/2010/11/18/new-homes-can-be-energy-efficient-and-affordable-reveals-study-by-building-codes-assistance-project/18310
When I read something like this a few things jump out at me and I really wonder what and who my Neighbors to the East, in Illinois voted for? With Leaders such as this Governing our Nation its painfully obvious why we are in the Mess we are in. The Old Adage of the Blind leading the Blind. I expect nothing less from the Republican Party who accepts the Largest Contributions from the Fossil Fuel Industry.
John Shimkus (Republican-Illinois), who has opposed cap and trade legislation because he believes God will not allow the earth to be destroyed by global warming, is running to become the House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman.
"The Earth will end only when God declares it's time to be over. Man will not destroy this Earth. This Earth will not be destroyed by a Flood."
"largest assualt on democracy and freedom in this country that I've ever experienced."
His position on carbon emissions includes the belief that reducing carbon dioxide will be detrimental for plant life.
While researching who his biggest Campaign Supporters are at www.FollowTheOilMoney.org. It shows that he has accepted $545,831 From the Fossil Fuel Companies. [ 60% from Coal and 40% from Oil ] With a contributions such as these I can see how anyone could be swayed to Vote for the Damaging Fossil Fuels that hinder USA and keep us in the Pockets of the Oil Rich Nations.
I truly expect nothing less; but, hope for change, from our current Republican Leaders.
U.S. House Representative John Shimkus (Republican-Illinois), who has opposed cap and trade legislation because he believes God will not allow the earth to be destroyed by global warming, is running to become the House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman.
In 2009, at a congressional hearing on cap and trade legislation, Rep. Shimkus said, "The Earth will end only when God declares it's time to be over. Man will not destroy this Earth. This Earth will not be destroyed by a Flood." This week in an interview withPolitico, Shimkus reaffirmed these views: when asked about climate change he stated once again that God will not allow the world to be washed away in a flood.
Shimkus has also called an energy bill incorporating cap and trade measures for carbon emissions as the "largest assualt on democracy and freedom in this country that I've ever experienced." His position on carbon emissions includes the belief that reducing carbon dioxide will be detrimental for plant life.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee oversees legislation related to issues including the supply and delivery of energy, public health, and air quality and environmental health. Three other Republicans -- Rep. Joe Barton (Texas), Rep. Fred Upton (Michigan), and Rep. Cliff Stearns (Florida) -- are seeking the chairmanship of this committee. Upton is considered the favourite to win the position.
In this month's Personal Nature column, Dominique Browning takes a look at the power of Eco-Moms, from their influence over manufacturers to their legislative clout.
Yes! Prop 23 — a proposal in California, underwritten by Texas oil companies, to repeal the strongest clean energy law in the nation — was resoundingly defeated on Election Day. But apart from that victory, media pundits seem to believe that around the country, environmentalists and their concerns were soundly trounced. I think they are reading the wrong tea leaves.
The Tea Party may be full of science Luddites, but there's another important activist group in the U.S., and it is growing fast. It isn't run by anyone, and has no political candidates — yet. I'm calling it the Green Tea Party, and it is made up of millions of women I think of as Eco Moms. It is going to be - it already is - a game changer.
I count myself among these women. EcoFocus Worldwide, a marketing research consultant, estimates that "the EcoAware Moms market includes more than 50 million women, 69% of [all] moms, and has more than $1.5 trillion in buying power." Best of all, consumer power can translate to political clout.
Most of us wouldn't say we're out to save the planet. And we don't walk around numb with fear, gloomy about the future. Raising children is anxiety-provoking enough. But we want change. We want global warming addressed. We want to protect our homes from toxic chemicals. We want the government to which we pay our taxes to keep our families safe...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2010 (AP Online delivered by Newstex) -- A leading House Republican climate skeptic says he wants to preserve a House committee created by Democrats on global warming.
Wisconsin Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, the committee's top Republican, said in a statement Monday that Republicans can use the panel to oversee the Obama administration's actions to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Sensenbrenner says a cap on those emissions would cost millions of jobs. He is in line to become chairman of the committee when the GOP takes control of the House next year.
Some Republicans have already called for the abolition of the panel, formally called the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. They have argued it's a waste of money.
