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The Significance of Air Tightness in Residential Dwellings: Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Ensuring Adequate Ventilation

homeenergyrx — Wed, 24 May 2023 21:20:09 +0000

Air tightness is a critical aspect of residential building design and construction, playing a vital role in ensuring energy efficiency and maintaining optimal indoor air quality. This blog explores the importance of air tightness in residential dwellings, highlighting its impact on energy efficiency and the essential connection between air tightness and proper ventilation. One of [...]

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Can Lights: What You Need To Know

homeenergyrx — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 18:35:46 +0000

Whether you are building your forever home, lived in yours for years, or are somewhere in between, there are pretty good odds that you have at least a few can lights in your home. You’ve probably walked underneath them countless times. Have you ever given can lights any thought, other than when a bulb goes [...]

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You’ve scheduled your Home Energy Assessment, Now What?

homeenergyrx — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:46:19 +0000

When getting ready for a Home Energy Assessment there are a few things to think about as you prepare. Always keep in mind that you are your home’s best advocate. You live here you see and, more importantly, feel how your home operates every single day. All of this is valuable information as your Energy [...]

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Clean Work = Happy Clients

homeenergyrx — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 20:42:42 +0000

First impressions on a customer interaction are very important, especially since they have more impact when they are negative as supposed to a positive interaction. People are much more likely to remember a crew leaving a filthy mess all over their house after a visit rather than one that left the house in the exact [...]

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Healthy Homes

homeenergyrx — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 20:33:47 +0000

There are many practices to maintaining a healthy home that I find are very lacking in most routines for the average homeowner. I relish the opportunity to educate people, young and old, on ways they can maintain a cleaner and more efficient home through very minor changes to their daily routines. I would say a [...]

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Fireplace Knowledge for Homeowners

homeenergyrx — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 19:56:13 +0000

The status of the fireplace in a home is one of the first topics I bring up before we even set up equipment for an energy assessment. We want to ensure there has not been an active fire for at least 36 hours so there is no risk of pulling embers into the home. We [...]

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The Case Against Attic Fans

homeenergyrx — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 21:05:56 +0000

After 3 years of performing home energy assessments, I’ve come to the conclusion that attic fans are typically the main source of air infiltration in homes that have them. Thin louvres allow so much heat to escape homes in the winter and infiltrate into the house in the hot, humid Summer, driving up energy bills [...]

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Sprayfoam Against Humidity

homeenergyrx — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 23:03:25 +0000

Seeing slab foundations on new construction homes in the South gives me hope for the future. Some builders are adapting to new, more efficient ways of ensuring we don’t simply invite the dreaded humidity and moisture directly underneath your living area when it is hot and humid 6+ months out of the year. Crawl space [...]

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Your Insulation May Be Installed Incorrectly

homeenergyrx — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 20:27:59 +0000

One of the first questions we ask during an energy assessment is, “Do you have rooms that are hotter or colder compared to the rest of the house?” Most of the time the answer is, “yes.” The usual culprit for this situation is incorrectly installed insulation. For insulation to work as it should, it must [...]

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Did you know? You probably do not need new windows.

homeenergyrx — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:59:39 +0000

Today a client asked a question common for this time of year: “My house is very drafty in the winter, but I can’t afford new windows right now. What can I do?” First, you should have an energy audit performed, complete with a blower door, to measure how much air leakage you have around your [...]

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