{"id":33580,"date":"2020-09-14T12:03:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T16:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=33580"},"modified":"2020-09-15T13:47:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T17:47:16","slug":"business-report-what-you-dont-know-can-be-costing-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2020\/09\/business-report-what-you-dont-know-can-be-costing-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Report: What You Don\u2019t Know Can Be Costing You"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33581\" style=\"width: 194px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2020\/09\/rewire-cxolumn-evans-c-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2020\/09\/rewire-cxolumn-evans-c-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2020\/09\/rewire-cxolumn-evans-c.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Warren Evans is a partner with the ReWire Group LLC. Courtesy ReWire Group LLC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Warren Evans<br \/>\nDuring the lockdown, there is some good news.<br \/>\nPollution levels during the height of the pandemic lockdown fell dramatically because of the lack of economic activity and the interruption of worldwide travel.<br \/>\nThe question is this: As we recover from the pandemic, is there anything we as individuals can do to maintain these low pollution levels with little or no sacrifice?<br \/>\nWe believe the answer is yes, it is possible. On a personal level, while you were locked down you probably noticed many great things about your home, on the other hand, if you\u2019re like me you also saw a lot of things you needed to fix or change. You can start out by getting a home comfort and energy assessment and completing the recommended solutions. That\u2019s the way each of us can begin to lock in some of the benefits of the low pollution levels we saw during the lockdown and help to achieve an overall sustainable and resilient global recovery. <!--more--><br \/>\nAt the start of the pandemic lockdown, we realized that our home solar panels weren\u2019t producing as much electricity as we expected. Under normal circumstances we would\u2019ve been too busy to even noticed the difference, but like most everyone else we were in lockdown so we had extra time to take a closer look at our home.<br \/>\nWe decided to bring in a solar system maintenance team to inspect the entire system and get everything back in working order. Once the team removed the roof top solar panels they discovered something very surprising as you can see in the pictures below, squirrels had chewed a hole right through our rooftop and into our attic.<br \/>\nThis discovery was quite a shock, we were obviously unaware that our attic was this exposed to the elements, this wasn\u2019t the type of \u2018solar power\u2019 we had in mind. As an additional consequence of this exposure, the three feet of cellulose insulation that was blown into our attic several years ago to improve our energy efficiency had disintegrated, it\u2019s gone.<br \/>\nNow thinking back, this actually made sense to us, when the insulation was installed years ago the house became instantly more comfortable, now that these issues were uncovered it explained why the upstairs had gradually changed for the worse; it had grown warmer in the summer and colder in the winter.<br \/>\nIn retrospect it\u2019s clear that the comfort of our home declined over the last couple of years as our heating and cooling energy bills increased to compensate for the wasted energy due to the hole in our roof. Hopefully the lessons that we learned are clear, what you don\u2019t know can cost your bank account, your family\u2019s comfort and your impact to the environment, the answer for us, and maybe for you, is an upgrade to the \u201cclean energy life.\u201d<br \/>\nThe clean energy life is a journey, and there are people who are further along on that journey than us. We all know and enjoy our first world lifestyle, but the lifestyle is very carbon intensive especially in the U.S. While the average worldwide carbon footprint is five metric tons\/year while the average U.S. carbon footprint is over three times larger at 16-plus metric tons\/year.<br \/>\nThere is hope however, as sustainable and renewable energy technologies improve and are supported by breakthrough economic thinking, we can use these accelerating advancements to lower our large first world carbon footprint, upgrade our lifestyle and save money all at the same time. That triple win is what we call the \u201cupgrade to the clean energy lifestyle.\u201d<br \/>\nIt\u2019s an upgrade because the clean energy life can improve your health, comfort and convenience while reducing your waste, costs and carbon footprint. It is a journey, so as you go, your life gets better, less expensive and more environmentally friendly.<br \/>\nThe takeaways: You can minimize the carbon footprint of your home, or business, by using less energy and if possible supply the energy you do use from lower cost renewable energy resources.<br \/>\nNext actions: Measure your carbon footprint, set goals to lock in the benefits of the upgrade to the clean energy life (carbonfootprint.com); get a free home energy audit and assess your opportunity to save money at NYSERDA-Energy-Audit-Programs; community solar allows an easy sign up for a home or business for lower cost clean electricity at ampion.net\/energybrothers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Warren Evans During the lockdown, there is some good news. Pollution levels during the height of the pandemic lockdown fell dramatically because of the lack of economic activity and the interruption of worldwide travel. 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