Downtown Petowkey’s 1st Green Home Renovation
On Saturday, I stopped by 514 Elizabeth Street to attend the first in a series of Green Home Seminars being offered by Northern Michigan Energy. Owners John Plichta & Elias Amash were on hand to showcase Petoskey’s first green home renovation and talk about what and what not to do when upgrading an older home for energy savings.
We spoke with John in an earlier post about this green home in Petoskey and have a couple of videos of him on green building.
Do you know about the 70/60 equation in home energy use? 70% is what a Green Energy Renovation can save on the average monthly heating bill. 60% is what you can save on energy costs with simple behavioral modifications. Air leakage is the number one cause of energy inefficiency in a home.
What’s the quality of the air in your home?
There were a dozen people attending the green home seminar Many questions were asked and one woman was brave enough to take a smell of “the Box” – which contained the contents of part of one of the 135-year 0ld walls when it was opened up for renovation. It was only after they unveiled it, that she saw the dead mouse and spider!
