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Properly insulated exterior walls in your house will not only increase comfort but also help you save on heating and cooling costs. For energy savings, you can add insulation to your walls in an existing house. If you're building a new house, you have many energy-efficient wall insulation options to consider. However, for adding insulation to existing finished walls, you might first consider using loose-fill or sprayed foam insulation. These two types of insulation can be added without much disturbance to finished areas of your home.

LED stands for light emitting diode. LED lighting is 90% more efficient than incandescent light bulbs according to ENERGY STAR. LED lighting is desgined in way that allows for greater efficiency. They emit light in specific directions with a purpose, where other lighting such as CFLs and incandescents emit light in all directions. We strongly recommend that you choose ENERGY STAR certified LEDs. You might be surprised to learn that not all LEDs are ENERGY STAR certified. And as with all ENERGY STAR products, certified LED bulbs are subject to random testing every year to ensure they continue to meet the ENERGY STAR requirements.

If you properly insulate your crawl space, you will save on energy costs and increase your home's comfort. When batts or rolls are used on the underside of a floor above an unheated crawlspace, the insulation should be fit between the beams or joists and pushed up against the floor overhead as securely as possible without excessive compaction of the insulation. The insulation can be held in place, either by tacking chicken wire (poultry netting) to the edges of the joist, or with snap-in wire holders.

Having Proper insulation in your attic will help reduce your energy bills. In most houses, it is easier to get complete coverage of the attic floor with blown-in loose-fill insulation. It is best to hire an insulation contractor for this job. Loose-fill insulation must be prevented from shifting into vents or from contacting heat-producing equipment (such as recessed lighting fixtures). Block off those areas with baffles or retainers to hold the loose-fill insulation in place. When you stack new insulation on top of existing attic insulation, the existing insulation is compressed a small amount.