For more information on zero-energy, energy independence, solar and geo-thermal options:
ORNLBuildings Technology Center
www.ornl.gov/btc
Building America
www.buildingamerica.gov
Appliances Energy Star
(888) 782-7937
www.energystar.gov
Windows Andersen Windows
(888) 888-7020
www.andersenwindows.com
Cool Roof ATAS International
(800) 468-1441
www.atas.com/dutchseam
Heating and Cooling Lennox Heat Pump HPX19
(800) 953-6669
www.lennox.com
American Geothermal (800) 776-8039
www.amgeo.com
Solar Electric System BP Solar
(866) 277-6527
www.bpsolar.com
Sharp multi-crystalline silicon modules
(800) 237-4277
www.solar.sharpusa.com
Xantrex/Trace Sun Tie inverter
(800) 670-0707
www.xantrex.com
Big Frog Mountain (equipment installers)
(877) 232-1580
www.bigfrogmountain.com
Walls and SIPs Insulspan
(517) 486-4844
www.insulspan.com
FischerSIPS (800) 792-7477
www.fischersips.com
Winter Panel
(802) 254-3435
www.winterpanel.com
Dow Styrofoam T-Mass System
(800) 232-2436
www.t-mass.com
DuPont Tyvek Envelope Weatherization
(800) 448-9835
www.tyvek.com
Water Heating
ECR International WatterSaver
(800) 228-9364
www.ecrinternational.com/
prod_wattersaver.asp
If you are in the market for a new home or just moving into an older one, renovating or inspecting your conventional home, regardless of design or age, check for energy efficiencies like:
- Check for and ensure sealed ductwork
- Condition of the roof
- Effective insulation
- Ensure that exterior and interior of the house are without gaps or cracks, holes and crevices
- High-efficiency heating and cooling equipment
- High-performance windows (such as low-E (low emissive) windows)
- Tight construction and outer shell, firm robust, strong and durable structure
As a proud home-owner, do everything in your power to optimize what the market has to offer you, that can assist you in these processes and undertakings to save money and energy, make your home more efficient.
Empower, enable and educate yourself regarding, understanding issues related to energy-efficient housing, issues, concerns, actions, products and pre-cautions to take that will help lower costs, cut utility bills, consumption and waste.
Take your time to explore energy-efficient housing in all its intricacies and complexities and see how you can find practical solutions to some of the challenges and realities, opportunities, obstacles, promise and potential YOUR OWN home and family has to offer, on both smaller and larger scales.
For a home to be deemed ENERGY EFFICIENT use criteria like construction, heating and cooling with reduced energy optimized in mind, for both conventional and traditional, older homes, and newer building wonders and architecturally sound, even zero-energy homes.
You can benefit and take advantages on numerous fronts by making some of these changes, considering some of these options, finding solutions that work for you, your home and your budget. Benefits like cost, comfort, ecology, fuel conservation, and climatic conditions, contribution to the environment and future generations all figure into these decisions (consciously or sub-consciously!)
Sources of energy and fuels and their potential usefulness, applications and contributions to your overall goal of lowering cost, being more energy efficient homes, consider natural gas, propane, gas, electricity, hot water, fossil fuels, wood and coal, even alternative fuel sources like hydroelectric power, solar power, geothermal energy.
Find some great ways to address the biggest guzzler of energy – heating and cooling of your home and running appliances:
Homes can be heated conventionally using:
- Natural gas
- Electricity
- Wood
OR unconventional heat sources using:
- Solar
- Ground heat
- Ground water
- Wind generation
- Straw
- Heat pumps
** Note: economic and environmental costs have to be considered in these cases
Here are some more checklist items for you to use and consider as you ‘evaluate’ or inspect your home for energy efficiencies:
- Window shutters
- Use of sunrooms or skylights
- Type of glass used in windows and patio doors
- Thermostat control
- Style of furnace and fireplaces
- Storm windows
- Site orientation and landscaping, land and structure
- Shape of the home (square, L shape, T shape)
- Porches
- Number of levels in the house (main, top, basement)
- Location of largest windows
- Insulation (quality and amount)
- Frequently used rooms grouped together in the same part of the house
- Exposure or orientation of the house on the lot for wind control and exposure to sunlight
- Entry ways with storm doors
- Color of the roof and size of the roof
- Closets on the coldest side of the house
- Ceiling height
- Amount of roof overhang to west and south.
- Air lock
Always ask yourself how each factor that you consider can and will affect the EE (energy efficiency) of YOUR HOME.
You could also consider retrofitting your home for energy efficiency. Consider as priorities potentially:
- Weather stripping
- Ventilation
- Vapor barrier
- The use of plastic, styro-foam, and tinfoil on windows
- Storm doors
- Programmable thermostats
- Low E windows
- Insulation
- Heat exchanger
- Energy-efficient appliances
- Caulking
www.ornl.gov/btc
Building America
www.buildingamerica.gov
Appliances Energy Star
(888) 782-7937
www.energystar.gov
Windows Andersen Windows
(888) 888-7020
www.andersenwindows.com
Cool Roof ATAS International
(800) 468-1441
www.atas.com/dutchseam
Heating and Cooling Lennox Heat Pump HPX19
(800) 953-6669
www.lennox.com
American Geothermal (800) 776-8039
www.amgeo.com
Solar Electric System BP Solar
(866) 277-6527
www.bpsolar.com
Sharp multi-crystalline silicon modules
(800) 237-4277
www.solar.sharpusa.com
Xantrex/Trace Sun Tie inverter
(800) 670-0707
www.xantrex.com
Big Frog Mountain (equipment installers)
(877) 232-1580
www.bigfrogmountain.com
Walls and SIPs Insulspan
(517) 486-4844
www.insulspan.com
FischerSIPS (800) 792-7477
www.fischersips.com
Winter Panel
(802) 254-3435
www.winterpanel.com
Dow Styrofoam T-Mass System
(800) 232-2436
www.t-mass.com
DuPont Tyvek Envelope Weatherization
(800) 448-9835
www.tyvek.com
Water Heating
ECR International WatterSaver
(800) 228-9364
www.ecrinternational.com/
prod_wattersaver.asp
If you are in the market for a new home or just moving into an older one, renovating or inspecting your conventional home, regardless of design or age, check for energy efficiencies like:
- Check for and ensure sealed ductwork
- Condition of the roof
- Effective insulation
- Ensure that exterior and interior of the house are without gaps or cracks, holes and crevices
- High-efficiency heating and cooling equipment
- High-performance windows (such as low-E (low emissive) windows)
- Tight construction and outer shell, firm robust, strong and durable structure
As a proud home-owner, do everything in your power to optimize what the market has to offer you, that can assist you in these processes and undertakings to save money and energy, make your home more efficient.
Empower, enable and educate yourself regarding, understanding issues related to energy-efficient housing, issues, concerns, actions, products and pre-cautions to take that will help lower costs, cut utility bills, consumption and waste.
Take your time to explore energy-efficient housing in all its intricacies and complexities and see how you can find practical solutions to some of the challenges and realities, opportunities, obstacles, promise and potential YOUR OWN home and family has to offer, on both smaller and larger scales.
For a home to be deemed ENERGY EFFICIENT use criteria like construction, heating and cooling with reduced energy optimized in mind, for both conventional and traditional, older homes, and newer building wonders and architecturally sound, even zero-energy homes.
You can benefit and take advantages on numerous fronts by making some of these changes, considering some of these options, finding solutions that work for you, your home and your budget. Benefits like cost, comfort, ecology, fuel conservation, and climatic conditions, contribution to the environment and future generations all figure into these decisions (consciously or sub-consciously!)
Sources of energy and fuels and their potential usefulness, applications and contributions to your overall goal of lowering cost, being more energy efficient homes, consider natural gas, propane, gas, electricity, hot water, fossil fuels, wood and coal, even alternative fuel sources like hydroelectric power, solar power, geothermal energy.
Find some great ways to address the biggest guzzler of energy – heating and cooling of your home and running appliances:
Homes can be heated conventionally using:
- Natural gas
- Electricity
- Wood
OR unconventional heat sources using:
- Solar
- Ground heat
- Ground water
- Wind generation
- Straw
- Heat pumps
** Note: economic and environmental costs have to be considered in these cases
Here are some more checklist items for you to use and consider as you ‘evaluate’ or inspect your home for energy efficiencies:
- Window shutters
- Use of sunrooms or skylights
- Type of glass used in windows and patio doors
- Thermostat control
- Style of furnace and fireplaces
- Storm windows
- Site orientation and landscaping, land and structure
- Shape of the home (square, L shape, T shape)
- Porches
- Number of levels in the house (main, top, basement)
- Location of largest windows
- Insulation (quality and amount)
- Frequently used rooms grouped together in the same part of the house
- Exposure or orientation of the house on the lot for wind control and exposure to sunlight
- Entry ways with storm doors
- Color of the roof and size of the roof
- Closets on the coldest side of the house
- Ceiling height
- Amount of roof overhang to west and south.
- Air lock
Always ask yourself how each factor that you consider can and will affect the EE (energy efficiency) of YOUR HOME.
You could also consider retrofitting your home for energy efficiency. Consider as priorities potentially:
- Weather stripping
- Ventilation
- Vapor barrier
- The use of plastic, styro-foam, and tinfoil on windows
- Storm doors
- Programmable thermostats
- Low E windows
- Insulation
- Heat exchanger
- Energy-efficient appliances
- Caulking
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