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Green Home Buying: By the Numbers
- $160 billion: The amount of money Americans spend each year to heat, cool, and light their homes. That energy represents about 21 percent of the national total energy consumption.
- 400,000: The number of families that could pay their fuel bills with the money saved if everyone in the U.K. topped up their loft insulation to 27cm (10.6 in).
- $20,000: The increase in value to a home caused by installing a solar electric system, for every $1000 spent in annual operating costs.
- 85 million tons: The amount of CO2 saved annually (by 2030) if 60 percent of new homes in the U.S. were built according to dense, urban patterns, rather than typical suburban development.
Sources: U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Office, Energy Savings Trust, Renewable Energy Access
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