Family builds green house around house for extra heat

[Irving]

With energy conservation, I always look at how long it takes to get your investment back. I'm in construction, so I get to see lots of buildings built with geothermal fields. The field for a recent school cost $380k. I bet you the school gets demoed before the district gets their money back in heating bills. How long can you heat a home in Scandinavia for $80k?

My thought was how much would it have cost to install the best insulation in the house, as well as increasing the thermal mass of the home so the temperature swings are slower.

[brutal]

My thought was how much would it have cost to install the best insulation in the house, as well as increasing the thermal mass of the home so the temperature swings are slower.

To the homeowner in this video, it seems to be much more than just the cold weather thermal enhancement, there's certainly cheaper and more cost beneficial methods. They can be "outside" in their greenhouse, grow stuff that's convenient, etc. Can't knock them for that if they can afford to do it.

They did concede that there's more to be done, particularly creating thermal mass/storage for more stable temps. They should take it a step further and capture the sun for their electricity needs as well.

[Irving]

I saw that as well. I think probably the title of the video is misleading and not fair to the people actually in the video. Being outside/inside during the winter would be awesome. The title sells the whole idea short.

[rondog]

There's been a lot more people that've pissed away a lot more money than that on crazier shit.