Benefit: Energy Savings

The most obvious Energy Upgrade benefit is energy savings. Older homes typically have inadequate insulation, leaky single pane windows, outdated heating and cooling systems, and air infiltration sites all throughout the ductwork and building frame. Newer homes are often no better, and suffer from poor construction quality, materials, and mechanical systems. Our field experience shows that even brand-new homes with supposedly high performance insulation and new heating and cooling appliances suffer from all kinds of performance-related issues!

Because most homes aren’t operating at peak efficiency, a typical homeowner could be paying up to 40% of their energy bill on wasted energy. The good news is that all these problems can be fixed.