Weatherization makes sense for many different reasons, some concerning the pocketbook and others an environmental conscience. The most often cited benefits of weatherization include:

• Save Energy & Money – Average fuel savings from home weatherization are about 25 to 30 percent, which translates to on average $800 to $1,000 in annual cost savings. Individual savings will vary depending on how poorly your home performs now, how deeply you weatherize your home and how efficiently you operate it.
• Increase Comfort – The biggest source of heat loss in most homes is through air leakage, which creates cold drafts. Home weatherization stops cold drafts in winter and prevents radiant heat gain in summer, keeping your home warmer in winter and cooler in the summer.
• Improve Health and Safety – Home Performance with ENERGY STAR takes a whole-house systems approach, addressing issues including moisture, indoor air quality and proper combustion and ventilation of appliances in order to make your home a more healthy and safe place to live. These issues take on added importance as you tighten up your home.
• Strengthen the Local Economy – Approximately 80 percent of the money you spend on fossil heating fuels leaves the local economy. on the other hand, approximately 80 percent of the money spent on weatherization stays in the local economy while reducing the money you are wasting on fuel. And since most of weatherization services are provided by local contractors, weatherization creates local jobs.
• Protect the Environment – Reducing home energy use decreases release of greenhouse gases and reduces the environmental impacts of drilling for gas and oil. In order to reach their climate change goals of reducing greenhouse gases 80 percent by 2050, Vermont and New Hampshire must increase the current number of home weatherization jobs by six fold. Do your part today!