Episode 2 :: Heat loss in the home - transcript

[Animated opening sequence, music and title: EECA ENERGYWISE: The Energy Spot]

We see the Energy Spot presenter, Jared Turner. He’s in the kitchen of our house, and he says to us:

He holds up a kitchen sieve up so we can see the mesh of hundreds of holes, he turns on the tap and runs the water through the sieve. He says:

What does a sieve and most New Zealand homes have in common? Hundreds of tiny holes! Like water streaming through a sieve, heat streams out of houses...

We cut back to Jared:

… through holes and gaps in ceilings, walls, floors and windows. Heat always finds places to escape!

Jared is now in the living room, he indicates a large ‘cut out’ hole on the wall, you can see the outside garden.
   
Add it up and it’s like having a hole this big in your wall. You can turn up the heating, but you’ll just be burning money. 

In a series of cuts  we see an open ceiling trapdoor, the floor, walls, a draught stopped door, and then the window.
   
So, trap heat in with effective insulation in ceilings, walls and floors… and draught-proof doors and windows. Consider curtains that go right to the floor.

We cut to see Jared as pulls the curtains shut:
   
Here’s a tip, drawing curtains before the dark, retains the heat from the day.

We now cut to see the outside of the house – it’s a computer animated version. An animated graphic appears – a line that represents a ‘thermal blanket’. It outlines the ceiling, walls and floor. We see graphic ‘heat arrows’ being prevented from ‘escaping’, they’re being blocked by the line. Over this we hear Jared say:
   
A properly insulated house is like having a thermal blanket wrapped around your home, trapping heat in, keeping it warm and comfortable.

Jared is now standing in front of the real house and he says:
   
If we all made a small effort all the time, we could save the country over $100 million dollars in energy each year. 
   
I’ll see you next time.

[Animated ending sequence and music]

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