Building Solutions: Energy Efficient Homes Save Money and Reduce Global Warming

Publication Date: September 2006

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Author(s): Elizabeth Ridlington; James Moore; Melissa Bailey

Research Area: Environment

Keywords: energy efficiency

Type: Report

Abstract:

Residential heating is responsible for 17 percent of Vermont's global warming pollution. Heating contributes such a large share of pollution in the state because 50 percent of homes pre-date energy efficiency standards, a high percentage of furnaces are old and inefficient, and high-emission heating fuels are common. Building Solutions finds that by improving the efficiency of homes and heating equipment, Vermont could reduce global warming pollution from residential heating by 20 percent by 2020.