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moderate climates - low energy bills
What are the east coast states/areas that require the lease amount of
air-conditioning and heat? What about the whole country. I lived in Brevard County, Florida. I loved the climate, but the AC sure ran a lot of the time. |
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Tim923 wrote:
What are the east coast states/areas that require the lease amount of air-conditioning and heat? What about the whole country. Don't know about the east coast. As for the rest of the country, probably coastal WA, OR, northern CA, and the Alaska panhandle. I live just north of WA in Vancouver BC. Most homes here, including mine, do not have air conditioning. Temperature inside the house has hovered between 21c and 24c (70-75F) all summer without any climate control on. As for the winter, outside temperatures tend to hover a few degrees above freezing for the whole season. Thus, heating the house isn't nearly as expensive as other parts of the country that go into a deep freeze all winter. -- K. Lang may your lum reek. |
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:06:49 -0400, "Tim923"
wrote: What are the east coast states/areas that require the lease amount of air-conditioning and heat? What about the whole country. I lived in Brevard County, Florida. I loved the climate, but the AC sure ran a lot of the time. The California Coast has a moderate Mediterreanean climate, with cool summers and moderate winters. There are quite a few localities that might fit your requirements, including the South Bay of San Francisco Bay; I've seen it claimed that the bayside peninsula from about Mountain View north to San Bruno has about teh best climate in the world. I worked in Palo Alto for some fourteen years and it only had a mild freeze once (a skin of ice on some puddles). Santa Barbara is nice, too. The coast has dry summers, with barely any rainfall at all. There is coastal fog in the summers along the coast, though, and a marine cloud layer that makes it a bit grey during mornings. Winters have intermittent rains storms moving in off the coast, and it can be a bit cool. Typically, the SF Bay Are might have nightly lows of 45F and highs of 55F. Further south you can jack those figures up five or ten degrees. you have to be careful of the mini-climates, though. Everything I've mentioned so far is strictly alont the coast as far back as the coast range of mountains. In the SF area once you get east of the Berkeley Hills, summer temps of over 100F are common even though San Francisco, only twenty miles west has a high of about 65F, making it quite a change for commuters on BART as teh travel from SF to Walnut Creek. San Francisco itself is a special case, along with Some coastal areas to the south. I lived in Daly City and Pacifica for some sicteen years, and we never turned off our heater because it was chilly and humid. On the other hand, air conditioned homes are kind of rare along the Calfornia coast. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Thanks. I'm curious what it is like on the east coast. I'm not moving,
just curious. We've had a lot of days in the 90s with heat indexes 100+ here in North Carolina this summer. Someone mentioned Maryland to me. |
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We in the north get it in reverse when the heater kicks in. -- Dymphna Message origin: TRAVEL.com |
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On Aug 18, 6:06*pm, "Tim923" wrote:
What are the east coast states/areas that require the lease amount of air-conditioning and heat? *What about the whole country. Well, A/C is unnecessary in Newfoundland. But although it never gets really cold in places like St. John's, neither does it get warm enough to do without heat. I'm not sure that there is any really good minimum-energy location on the east side of North America. It's hard to get out of the summer heat and humidity, and the winters can be ferocious even where it's hot and humid during the summer. That's what happens when you have an entire continent upwind of you. |
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How about central US? I know it can get very cold there.
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:06:49 -0400, Tim923 wrote:
What are the east coast states/areas that require the lease amount of air-conditioning and heat? What about the whole country. I lived in Brevard County, Florida. I loved the climate, but the AC sure ran a lot of the time. Probably a coastal area would have the mildest seasonal changes, like the bay area in california. Expect to pay a twenty times more due to the area's desirability than any energy bill. A well insulated house can really cut down on energy bills. |
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That's funny.
I've also lived in a part of Upstate NY. Heating was high, but it was a cheap place to live because of non-desirability. No perfect place to live. Expect to pay a twenty times more due to the area's desirability than any energy bill. |
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"Tim923" wrote:
No perfect place to live. Hawaii? |
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