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Why Insulate? Heat Loss and Cooling Losses in Homes
Why is Home Insulation so important?
Home Insulation Materials - How to Insulate well
Wind Barriers
How to insulate Walls and Windows in your Home
Exterior Walls
Attic and Ceiling Insulation in your Home
If the attic lacks an appropriate vapor barrier, the most efficient way of insulating it is blowing in 18 inches of fiberglass or cellulose.
How to Insulate an Older Home
A home that is over ten years old is unlikely to incorporate many energy-saving features in its original design. Nevertheless, there is no need to despair, to tear down and rebuild or to move out of your home. Rather, the home can be reviewed systematically in its entirety before determining how to stretch those renovation dollars for some good energy savings upgrades.
How to Choose Energy Efficient Small Appliances
The Energy Guide program was created to assist in the rating of "white goods", but what about smaller items and electronics which have no such label program?
Understanding Energy Guide Labels
Frankly, it’s not normal to carry around an energy meter when you’re shopping for electrical appliances.
Why an Energy Efficient Appliance?
There aren’t many people who would be content with a home that is not equipped with major electrical appliances, entertainment systems and computers. It isn’t wrong to have and enjoy a large-screen TV (unless you watch it the whole day!) or air conditioning. Using the energy to run the equipment is not the issue. The issue is purchasing inefficient models and, worse still, employing polluting and non-renewable resources to run them.
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