Insulation

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efficiency of your home and find more ways you can save money.

ENERGY STAR can help you with conducting home energy audits.
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The US Department of Energy can help you calculate R-values in
your area.
Stay on top of energy costs with the Alliance to Save Energy.
Reduce your carbon footprint by learning about Building Science.
Learn more about the benefits of cool roofs from the Cool Roofs
Rating Council.
View a table or map of state, local, utility, and federal incentives for
renewable energy and energy efficiency on the Database of State
Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE).

You can take the energy tax credit in 2009 and/or 2010 and you'll save money for years to come! According to the ENERGY STAR® program,
installing adequate insulation or adding a solar reflective roof can save you money on utility bills. And you'll be reducing your carbon footprint by using
less oil, gas and electricity.

Insulation
Insulation is 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.

Our radiant barrier spray is a high-tech coating called Heatbloc-Ultra. It has the highest
emissivity rating of any liquid product on the market today of .19. And our new Ultra
product has almost no odor and very low VOCs so it is an even more environmentally
friendly product than our HeatBloc-75 at no additional charge.

Characteristics include: Low emissivity, high reflectivity; Permeable, does not trap
moisture; Does not block cellular or antennae signals as can occur with foil products.
Heatbloc Ultra is an excellent investment, normally saves 10 - 15% of AC costs,
improves comfort levels, improves efficiency of existing insulation and is the only
economical way to retrofit radiant barrier to existing structures. Increase the value of
your home. In the summer, this barrier will block up to 80% of the sun's radiant heat
from entering your home through the attic. And in winter, the same barrier will reflect
back up to 80% of the heat that tries to escape from your home through the attic. Yet
unlike foil substrates, our radiant barrier spray can be applied in a matter of hours
instead of days. It goes on evenly, with no gaps or holes. And because it is sprayed on,
it can easily be applied to existing roofs.