Photo Album: Reston Virginia Home Energy Efficiency Improvement

This homeowner in Reston VA was spending too much on their home energy bills.  The cost to heat the home in the winter and to cool it in the summer was more than they felt was reasonable so they called us to see if we could help.  during the free home performance inspection, our sales pro Eric was able to discover several reasons for the high energy bills.  To start, the home was poorly insulated.  From the attic down to the walls, the level of existing insulation was not delivering the needed results.  Rooms were too hot because of large windows and walls that had thin to no insulation in them.  Hot spots in the ceiling were identified where conditioned air was escaping the home and leaking into the attic.  Additionally, the metal HVAC ducts in the attic were not insulated.  Conditioned air travelling through the HVAC ducts was competing with attic heat and or cold depending on the time of year and by the time that conditioned air arrived at the rooms it was meant to treat, it was leveled off by the hostile journey through the hot or cold attic.  This would all make the HVAC system run more and work harder than it should, leading to high energy bills.  Our production team insulated the walls by dense packing them with rock wool insulation.  They also air sealed the attic and ceiling holes with Zyp Foam and covered the HVAC ductrs in the attic with Spray Foam Insulation.  Finally they filled the attic with Tru Soft Cellulose insulation.