Window Covering Answers

DIY- Making Warmer Windows There is a killer cold here in Canada and in the Northern US.  So this week I am adding several Do-it-yourself projects to help with making your home warmer and of course lower those heating bills. I have posted various Bubble Wrap storm window treatments  before and I find that many people are using this easy and quick fix. Here are a couple of examples of how to make your life a little warmer. http://www.instructables.com/id/Bubble-Wrap-Storm-Window-Insert/       Even less expensive is the following inventive use of plastic stretch wrap. I just love Instructables for the tremendous wealth of inventive and thrifty ideas that people engineer.         http://www.instructables.com/id/Cheap-window-insulation/   For the details of how to put this together http://www.instructables.com/id/Cheap-window-insulation/ The link above gives you  step by step instructions about how to insulate windows with common stretch wrap. I have

INSULATING APARTMENT WINDOWS              In my searches to find new ways to improve window treatments that will save energy I found these new videos. It looks like the bubble pack with large bubbles works well and is being used all over the country. Perhaps some manufacturer will find a way to make a blind out of this? Anyway. I keep searching and the world keeps innovating.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sycJwM-w27I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqD5fdEj8t8 http://www.builditsolar.com/index.htm http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/5-ways-to-insul-37643 And for those of you who are needing another cup of coffee about now... here is another way to save money. A solar design that makes coffee. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-8vBJISgZY

Bubble Wrap to the Rescue Here is a novel way to use bubble wrap... as a way to cut drafts and heat loss from windows. Molecule by molecule the great heat exchange is upon us once again in the north. Why not try inexpensive bubble wrap for those windows that need just that extra bit of insulation?  Of course visibility is an issue so this might not work on all of your windows... but... it is worth a try in order to minimize costs. http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Conservation/bubblewrap.htm http://energyboomer.typepad.com/energyboomer/2007/10/bubble-wrap-you.html?cid=6a00d83451dceb69e2013484e68503970c http://energyboomer.typepad.com/energyboomer/2007/10/bubble-wrap-you.html?cid=6a00d83451dceb69e2013484e68503970c