Comments on: Cap and Trade Could Weatherproof Maine http://cleantechnica.com/2010/07/11/cap-and-trade-could-weatherproof-maine/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Susan Kraemer http://cleantechnica.com/2010/07/11/cap-and-trade-could-weatherproof-maine/#comment-9773 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:21:44 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=12661#comment-9773 Good point.

]]> By: Ken http://cleantechnica.com/2010/07/11/cap-and-trade-could-weatherproof-maine/#comment-9772 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:46:53 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=12661#comment-9772 I live in Maine. I don’t know if trading weatherization is a good idea or not. However, the proponents of this idea have skewed the statistics to bolster their view. There may be 477,000 houses in Maine but a significant percentage of them are not old, drafty hulks. Most houses built in Maine in the past 30 years are probably well insulated, built to save heating dollars.

There are diminishing returns associated with weatherization with regard to saving energy. Folks who live in the old drafty hulks spend the winter huddled around a stove in the kitchen because the rest of the house is too cold. After weatherization reduces cold air infiltration the rest of the house becomes livable during the winter, if heated. The occupants are likely to use more energy and improve their lifestyle, occupying more of the house through the winter.

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