I listen to KUOW a lot. I like NPR, not all the time but I usually feel that they deliver solid news service. A week, or so ago I heard an article talking about energy efficiency in housing. One part of the panel was acting as a detractor and said that if energy efficiency, in public housing, really made sense then land lords would be all over making their buildings efficient. I wonder how many people really believe that line of horse S$%^. I guess it depends on who is paying the heat bill and how a building is heated. The apartment I live in right now is cold, almost as cold as my farm house in western Mass. (one of the reasons I spent so much time insulating the edition I put on that place), none of the windows are double pane or have storms on them. I have one electric base board in the bedroom and a little in wall forced air electric heater in the living/dining room area. I pay the electric bill. I am sure my landlord couldn’t give two s*&!@#$’s about the heat loss of this building. The building once had radiators, they were probably steam, which is super hot, and was probably created by an oil or coal fired furnace. You can bet that this system was removed at some point in an effort to decrease costs for the landlord. Once again the buck is passed and the waste continues. The tenant isn’t going to do anything because they don’t want to invest in something that won’t give them a return and the landlord is happy to pass on the expense and the cycle never ends.

Lets do something about it. Stand up and organize to force energy efficiency in all buildings.