energy strategies

This graphic summarizes and prioritizes energy strategies. It is about cost effective energy efficiency which is the only way to have an impact on large scale. This narrative focuses on heating energy, but the same ideas apply to cooling. The strategies range from low tech, low cost at the bottom of the pyramid to high tech, high cost at the top. The first step is holding on to the heat you have through the creation of a high performance building enclosure: a kilowatt saved is a kilowatt earned. Step two is taking advantage of the free heat provided by the sun. Step three is using high performance equipment to provide heat as efficiently as possible. Step four is producing renewable energy to run that equipment. Minimize losses. Maximize gains. Use efficient equipment. Use efficient energy.