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When I built my house 5 years ago I already knew about all the problems with energy costs, depletion, and so on. I was also aware of the many ways to make a home more energy efficient and thus save more energy. An energy star rating on a new home is very important, at least if you care the slightest about the environment, future generations, or even saving money on your light bill.
I included as necessity, all 2x6 exterior walls which supported R-22 insulation, R-33 in the ceilings, absolutely no recessed lighting in the ceiling itself, thats just a hole in your ceiling for heat to escape. If you must have them, build a dropdown bulkhead for the lights.... All holes for electricity, plumping, cable or whatever, are sealed with insulation and a proper caulking. All windows and doors are sealed with spray foam insulation, 10 times better than stuffing fiberglass insulation in there. All energy star rated appliances, furnace, hot water heater ( I wish I could've gotten a tankless, on demand water heater, but price was unfortunately an option) & air conditioning.....Thats just off the top of my head....much more was actually involved...oh yea, double paned windows...proper roof & soffit vents, proper landscape outside, pines on the north side and so on.......
I dont drive a gas guzzling SUV either....
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Syriana...have you ever tried liquid MDMA?....Liquid MDMA? No....Arash, when you wanna do this?.....After prayer...
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