• _pete_@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Interesting article!

    Its pretty US centric though so I think one would have to contrast that against the UK and Europe which generally has homes that are brick and concrete rather than lumber, we also have (I believe) tighter insulation regulations and - just generally - vastly smaller homes.

    I think if US houses were built to European regs and sizes then the numbers would look much different.

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      3 months ago

      Also, most existing homes were built when energy was very nearly free, so that there was no incentive to be efficient.