Energy renovations completed!

Last year we upgraded toilets in the upstairs bathrooms as the toilet was a little flaky in the ensuite. When the toilet downstairs fails we'll replace that one. We didn't notice much of a change in our water bill but our usage has pretty well cut in half for the months we don't use water for the plants. We didn't really notice until we looked back at the bills.

On Thursday, our final triple-paned solar guard window was installed meaning our energy renovations are completed and we expect our electricity and gas usage to drop significantly for winter use. So far we've noticed

• fans are much, much quieter
• the front of the house still gets hot on summer afternoons tops at 28 instead of 31
• the temperatures in the rest of the house are much more stable.
• the few times the furnace has kicked on, it seems to use less than 500W instead of 700-800W. This would be due to the furnace being a better size for our house as well as the more efficient fans.
  

We've done a few other things to draw down our power use like updating all desktop computers to laptops and cable boxes to streaming devices. We're getting new blinds which may improve the insulation value for the windows further. It will be interesting.

Now on to cosmetic changes!