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By: Under Thne

Under Thne — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:23:50 +0000

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By: Steve Sevens

Steve Sevens — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:27:24 +0000

CARBON NEGATIVE is POSSIBLE … AND ACHIEVED …
My 1979 3250 sq ft (Walkout ranch with 1650 up and 1600 down)home was standard …. it is now WAY carbon negative. It even runs my Plug In Prius … with spare electricity. The main things I did:

1) Insulate – in attic – Cellulose – Cheap – DIY
1.5) Turn Water Heater setting down to mid-warm …
far cheaper than getting solar hot water.
Free DIY
2) 103 CFLs – Now Cheap … DIY
2.5) Add 6 large Solar Tubes:
3 each: 22 inch and 14 inch …$2100
3) Insulate – More in attic – cheap – DIY
3.5) Ventilate Attic – cheap – DIY
4) 95.5 % efficient condensing furnace – $3200.
5) Insulate – Basement Wall cavities with blown
fibergalss – Professional – $889
6) Caulk and seal and caulk and seal. Cheap – DIY.
7) Windows … some the expensive way –
triple glased avveraging $700 each … then
even better I added a Double Pane Vinyl inside
my existing remaining Double Pane Aluminum
.. a $79 conversion … which anyone who is
willing to get a little dirty can do.
Solar PV 4600 watts … my utility paid
$20,700 of the price. US paid $ 2000. I paid
$10,500.
9) Evaporative Cooler – permanently mounted –
A “window Unit” put permanently through the
wall a 3000 CFM … $ 296 total cost – DIY …
my utility than gave me $200 rebate since I
did not install AC and increase their
generation loads at peak times.
My Net Cost – $ 96 for WHOLE HOUSE COOLING.
10) More Solar PV – 2400 Watts – My utility paid
$10,800 of the price. US paid $ 2000. I paid
about $ 4500.
11) Cunningly clever insulation … More.
12) 2400 Watts More Solar PV. … again a deal
with rebates and US incentives.
13) Convert 2007 Prius to Plug in … to use the
spare power … and get above 100 MPG.

As a RESULT … I ma WAY WAY CARBON NEGATIVE … on
my home/museum:

Golden Oldy Cyclery …

“The Sustainable Museum of Sustainable Transportation”

I give talks to organizations with the pictures and details of all of the projects.

Steve

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