Yep! A lot of utilities offer low/no cost assessments, and I know mine give out smart power strips, LEDs, and lowflow faucets and shower heads if you get an assessment done

It’s not going to be nearly as comprehensive as a paid audit, but still worth looking into!

Ah, darn. If it’s an older model, you would probably save a lot of energy just by upgrading. But if it’s owned by the landlord… split incentives suck.

And yes! You can get a stick of incense (they also make dedicated tools that do it with glycol) and waft it by your doors and windows to see where the air is flowing through

You could do some dialing in of your HVAC settings so it’s heating and cooling as little as needed to keep you comfortable, like pre-cooling at night when it’s colder outside, setting the temperature higher when you’re gone, and sealing up any gaps that let air in or out. You could see if your utility has a community choice aggregator or voluntary green pricing or some other way to allocate your power usage towards renewables.

I’m an energy manager as my day job, so this is like my favorite subject! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask away 😊

My friend has been getting increasingly into a podcast with at least one host that I have some pretty big concerns about. I’m worried this day is coming soon

Heck yeah, I love it!

I felt so bad for accidentally posting AI

Thanks for letting me know! I’m almost always using Voyager on mobile, and Piefed support is still experimental, I think. At least, I’m not sure where I’d find that in the app when editing a post. Hopefully it’ll be included in a future release!

No problem, I just added an edit note in the post

Oh, that’s a good point. I hadn’t even thought of that. Now I know to look out for it though, thanks!

Awh man ☹️ I had no clue, that sucks