A small house in Vermont goes above code to cut energy bills by more than half

摘要

When I tell people what it costs to heat and light the house my company recently built in Burlington, Vt., I don't think they believe me, and I can see why they're skeptical. With natural-gas and electric bills totaling $767 in 2010, this home's energy costs less than half of what you'd expect to pay for utilities in the same house built to code-minimum standards.