Our Conscious Living: Heat

I’ve had some competitions with my neighbors back in Kentucky about heat. That is, who will be the first one to give and turn on the heat, or in the summer, the air conditioning.  This year, despite the fact that I have a disadvantage having moved to a colder climate, I think I won.  I have an unfair advantage however.  We’ve blogged about our house in the past.  It is super-insulated and has huge windows in the front through which we obtain solar gain from the sun.  So, it was last Friday night, January 20, when we first turned on our heat.  It was 58 degrees in the house, 12 outside, and we caved.  The good news is we don’t need to heat the house every day. The house did cost more than usual to build, but we are gaining back some of the cost through the lack of high heating bills.  Check out this website for more information on passive houses.