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RUSSELL: Coming.
WENDY: Is that Jerry?
RUSSELL: Yes, and his trusty sidekick Poodle Boy. I’m gonna get that sweater back.
JASON: You won’t need it when we're done.
RUSSELL: Wendy, were you expecting anyone from the Tour de France?
OLIVIA: Hello, Russell. I was out training for the Iron Person Tri, and I thought I’d stop in.
WENDY: Olivia, oh what a surprise.
Um, excuse the mess we are making our home more energy efficient.
OLIVIA: Oh, we did that last year,
we put in a new, 98.2% efficient furnace with a stainless steel heat exchanger,
and a self-calibrating variable speed inducer.
WENDY: Wow, thats, how nice for you to not have to do all that calibrating by hand.
OLIVIA: It’s awesome. And we’re not saving as much money as we thought but,
at least we’re reducing our carbon footprint.
Wendy, would you be a doll and whip me up an iced soy milk latte with extra foam and just a scoop of whey protein,
if that's not too much trouble?
WENDY: Um, I'm not sure if we have any whey protein, but I'll go check.
WENDY: Since Russell learned about On-Bill Recovery Financing,
that lets us pay for this work on our utility bill, and have the energy savings cover most of the cost,
he’s become a bit of an evangelist.
RUSSELL: You see, Olivia, I was like you once, stuck with ideas that were so,
I don’t know, what’s the word I want—wrong?
But then I realized that you have to look at the whole house.
OLIVIA: Easy, Mr. Energy Star.
RUSSELL: That’s the beauty of the Home Performance with Energy Star system —it makes sense.
Once we had that assessment - suddenly we had structure and we could make the upgrades in the right order.
OLIVIA: Yes, you do your furnace first and then you put in quadruple-paned, krypton-sealed windows with real wood casings,
second. Everyone knows that, Russell.
RUSSELL: But, if you don’t seal the air leaks and then add insulation -
you won’t know how large a furnace to buy. Or which windows need replacing, if any.
And you might still have drafts.
OLIVIA: I’m so glad we had this little chat, Russell.
I’m sure your ideas seem very real to you.
WENDY: No whey protein, but how about some regular coffee!
JASON: I’ve always wanted to scuba dive.
OLIVIA: I’m a triathlete.
JASON: On earth?
WENDY: Um ... Jerry, Jason, this is our neighbor, Olivia.
Olivia - Jerry and Jason are insulating the attic.
OLIVIA: Oh, I guess if you can’t afford a high-tech furnace
you do the best you can.
JERRY: Actually, by sealing the house, their furnace won’t have to work so hard.
OLIVIA: OK, fine! I’m sure you all are correct, but just to make things interesting,
why don’t you come over to my house and do one of those energy thingees?
JERRY: You mean a free Comprehensive Home Energy Assessment?
OLIVIA: Yes. That. And I insist on paying, of course.
WENDY: But, Olivia I thought you already did your upgrades.
OLIVIA: But it wouldn't hurt to look at the whole house, right Russell?
We still have a few drafts.
ANNCR: Next on Irreconcilable Temperatures . . .
ANNCR: Wendy and Russell talk about their climb to Energy Stardom—with irreconcilable reflections.