![]() The Borkowskis paid for the improvements, but the utility financed the charges through their electric bill, which fell the very first month. ![]() They also switched all the light bulbs to L.E.D.s and put a small solar array on the slate roof of the garage. In the course of several days, coördinated teams of contractors stuffed the house with new insulation, put in a heat pump for the hot water, and installed two air-source heat pumps to warm the home. Last summer, however, persuaded by Green Mountain Power, the main electric utility in Vermont, the Borkowskis decided to give their home an energy makeover. Mark drives a school bus, and Sara works as a special-ed teacher the cost of heating and cooling their house through the year consumes a large fraction of their combined income. Mark and Sara Borkowski live with their two young daughters in a century-old, fifteen-hundred-square-foot house in Rutland, Vermont. Construction by Stephen Doyle / Photograph by Eric Helgas Innovative, eco-friendly technology is now cheap enough for everyday use.
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