Energy Upgrades
The Energuy team offers evaluations of your home to help establish ways you can save money. The most common areas include:
Insulation
The R-value of insulation indicates the resistance to heat flow. The higher the R-value, the higher the insulating value. The R-value of insulation changes with the different types of material, the thickness and the density. Increasing the amount of insulation in your home increases the R-value and the resistance to heat flow therefore increasing the energy efficiency of your home...read more
Windows & Doors
Energy-efficient windows will save you money, by minimizing air leakage and improving the thermal performance of your windows, by adding interior storm windows, for example, could improve their energy efficiency by up to 50 percent and reduce your energy bills...read more
Air Leakage
Weatherstripping prevents air leakage through gaps around doors and the moving parts of an operable window. As much as 7-12 percent of a building's heating and cooling loss occurs around windows and doors, so weather-stripping is an important part of your energy-saving curriculum...read more
Lighting
A typical house has 30 light bulbs that use about $200 worth of electricity each year. Whether you are simply replacing burned-out light bulbs or designing a lighting system from scratch, the more you are willing to invest in energy-efficient lighting, the more you can save over the long term...read more
Water Heaters
In a typical Canadian home, water heating is the second biggest energy user after space heating. Water heating can account for up to 20% of your utility costs. Reducing your water heating costs is possible in many ways…read more
Heat & Cool
A space heating system can use up to 60% of your homes energy, so choosing the right system is very important. Furnaces are now up to 96% efficient which means it may be more cost efficient to replace your existing furnace rather than repair it…read more
