Every once in a while it still amazes me that people are arguing against the existence of climate change. Besides today’s article about global warming causing a lack of snow in ski towns the proof is in my keyspan energy bill. My energy use for the boiler is down from 556 therms for last year to 329 therms this year. That combined with the cheaper cost of natural gas this year has dropped my from $1097 to $379 for the same period. That’s also combined with the fact that quite a bit of that was just overhead for switching the thing on. I bet the amount of energy used would have been less if I had a more efficient heating system.

Speaking of a more efficient heating system, there are a couple of things that I intend to do once I get some permits. No bitterness, honestly ;) Once I’m living in the building, I can start spending my free time insulating pipes, which would save a lot of money and heat leakage. Another option I’m thinking about doing is for the 4th floor (my apartment) putting in a tankless heater in the 4th floor, but I have to consider that I already have 2 tanks in the basement and will it actually be economically feasible? Especially since I have to provide hot water to the building, does a tankless heater in every apartment count? Will that be worth it, or would it be a double expenditure for heat that’s already leaking from the 2 tanks down there?