Saving Energy is a 3 Pronged Approach

1. Insulation

The most basic, cost-effective way to lower your home's energy usage and improve the comfort level of your home.

Heat flows naturally from a warm place to a cooler space. In the winter, heated air will try to flow to an unheated garage, basement or attic. Conversely, in warm months, heat will try to flow from the outdoors into the cool interior of the home. The majority of this heat transfer in homes takes place in the attic.

It's the role of insulation to prevent this unwanted circulation throughout your home. Combined with proper ventilation and a radiant barrier, proper insulation helps your home maintain a comfortable, uniform temperature throughout the year with significantly less use of heating and cooling systems. As a bonus, insulation can also act as a sound absorber, to help make your home quieter.

2. Ventilation

Prevents Heat Build-Up to Keep Your Attic Cooler in the Summer, and Removes Damaging Moist Air from Your Attic in the Winter.

You might think that the most energy-efficient attic is one that is sealed tight against outside air but that's not the case. Proper attic ventilation is not only required by building codes, it is necessary to keep your home from building up moisture in the attic causing mold.

We utilize Hi-Flow Ridge vents to pull air through the attic from your soffit vents. Wind or natural convection pulls air out of the attic through the ridge vents, while replacement air flows in through the soffits. It's a system that works with no moving parts or energy consumption. 

In warm months, adequate attic ventilation prevents heat build-up in the attic, thereby reducing the load on your cooling system. In colder weather, it serves to pull out the warm, moist air generated by your laundry, showers, cooking, etc. (3-5 gallons per day - or more). If not vented, this moisture can condense on cooler solid surfaces and drip - becoming trapped in roofing and insulation, which can cause extensive damage.

Proper attic ventilation also contributes to the performance of insulation and Heatbarrier XP.   The results are added comfort in all seasons, reduced energy consumption throughout the year, and the prevention of damage to your home.

3. HeatBarrier XP

Reflect the heat back into the house in the winter saving you heating dollars. In the summer the heat is reflected out of the home.

You might think you have done everything you can by already adding a lot of thermal insulation. Most people do not realize that up to 50% of heat loss through your ceiling is radiant energy. By reflecting heat back into the home, using the same principles utilized by a thermos bottle, you can drastically reduce your energy bills.

In warm months HeatBarrier XP will reflect the heat of the sunny day away from your insulation so it does not heat the home. This simple reflection of heat is utilized by workers near blast furnaces with their reflective suits. This  saves you air conditioning dollars.