#Home Energy Audit

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Types of Home Energy Auditors

In the above infographics, discover the types of home energy auditors and their roles in improving energy efficiency. From Certified Energy Auditors providing detailed analyses to utility-provided auditors offering cost-effective solutions, independent auditors for unbiased advice, and specialized auditors focusing on HVAC or green standards—each type helps homeowners meet energy-saving goals tailored to their needs.

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doing these things can make a huge difference, not only in comfort but also energy usage

my apartment has new windows, but i noticed the bathroom fan vent was leaking cold air on windy days and taping a plastic bag over it and leaving it in place for the cold months has probably reduced our heating bill by about 20%.

in a previous apartment where i paid for hot water too, i turned down the heat on the hot water heater, and fixed the shower to where using 100% hot water in the shower was the hottest temperature I'd ever want, and doing this saved $15 a month on the heating bill.

even if you don't pay for your own heat, doing these kinds of things can make your apartment less drafty and can reduce fuel use and protect the environment. if tenants lower heating costs paid by landlords the landlords are less likely to raise rent too: when it is included in rent, landlords usually tend to just pass heating costs on to tenants. this can be bad because it discourages the tenants from trying to save energy (and sometimes they will do wasteful things like opening windows on cold days) and then everyone ends up paying for the waste in their rent.

this is why i strongly prefer renting from places where i pay my own heat.

if you own a home, do a home energy audit! it pays for itself quickly. i always suggest to my landlord that they do energy audits too, if they haven't done them recently.

Instead of finding dinner I am putting tape over my window seams because we are having a winter storm and as soon as the wind started my apartment dropped 10 degrees because it’s so drafty

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Amazing shortest life most expensive components in house

Amazing shortest life most expensive components in house When it comes to home maintenance, Amazing Shortest Life, Most Expensive Components in Your House, some components are both costly and short-lived. Understanding these can help you plan better. Roofing is one of the most expensive components with a surprisingly short lifespan. Asphalt shingles, the most common roofing material, last about…

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Don’t let Missing Insulation Lead to High Energy Bills

Invest in Proper Insulation for Your Home

When it comes to maintaining a comfortable and energy-efficient home, having proper insulation is crucial. Insulation not only helps to regulate the temperature inside your home but also plays a significant role in reducing your heating and cooling costs. In this article, we will explore the importance of insulation, how it can impact your energy bills, and why investing in a home inspection and energy assessment is crucial for ensuring that your home is properly insulated.

The Benefits of Insulation

Insulation is like a protective shield for your home, providing resistance to heat flow and keeping the temperature inside stable. By preventing heat from escaping during the colder months and entering during the hotter months, insulation helps to reduce the workload on your heating and cooling systems. This, in turn, leads to significant cost savings on your energy bills.

But insulation isn’t just about saving money. It also enhances the overall comfort of your home. By creating a barrier against outside elements, insulation helps to maintain a consistent temperature throughout your living spaces. This means no more drafts, cold spots, or hot zones. With proper insulation, you can enjoy a cozy and comfortable home all year round.

The Importance of a Home Inspection

A home inspection is a comprehensive evaluation of your property, conducted by a licensed home inspector like Justin (JD) Taggart from Taggart Inspections. During a home inspection, a trained professional assesses the various systems and components of your home, including its insulation levels. This is where missing insulation can be identified.

Identifying Missing Insulation

One of the main goals of a home inspection is to identify any areas in your home that lack proper insulation. These areas often include the attic, walls, and floors. Through a thorough examination, a home inspector can determine if your insulation levels are up to par or if there are any gaps that need to be addressed.

Energy Assessment: Testing the Airtightness of Your Home

To get a more accurate understanding of your home’s energy efficiency, it is recommended to undergo an energy assessment. An energy assessment, also known as an energy audit, involves a series of tests to evaluate the airtightness and insulation of your home. This assessment is typically conducted by a certified energy auditor like Justin (JD) Taggart, who uses specialized tools such as a blower door test and an infrared camera.

Blower Door Test: Assessing Airtightness

The blower door test is a vital component of an energy assessment. It measures the airtightness of your home by creating a pressure difference between the inside and outside. By using a powerful fan mounted on an exterior door, the blower door test helps to identify any air leaks and drafts that may be present in your home. These leaks can significantly impact the energy efficiency of your home and contribute to higher energy bills.

Infrared Camera Inspection: Detecting Insulation Issues

Another essential tool used during an energy assessment is an infrared camera. This camera helps to detect temperature variations in your home, which can indicate insulation problems. By capturing thermal images, the infrared camera allows the energy auditor to identify areas where insulation is missing or inadequate. These images provide valuable insights into the effectiveness of your insulation and guide recommendations for improvement.

The Importance of Proper Insulation

Proper insulation is not just about energy savings and comfort; it also has significant implications for the environment and your health. Here are a few reasons why investing in insulation is crucial:

Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings

By ensuring that your home is properly insulated, you can significantly reduce your energy consumption and lower your utility bills. With rising energy costs, this can translate into substantial long-term savings. Additionally, improved energy efficiency reduces the demand for fossil fuels, helping to mitigate the environmental impact of energy production.

Moisture and Mold Prevention

Insulation plays a vital role in preventing moisture buildup and mold growth. By creating an airtight seal, insulation helps to maintain dry air circulation within your home. This reduces the risk of mold formation, which can have detrimental effects on both your property and your health. Proper insulation ensures that moisture is kept at bay, promoting a healthier living environment.

Environmental Benefits

Investing in proper insulation not only benefits you as a homeowner but also contributes to a more sustainable future. Energy-efficient homes have a smaller carbon footprint and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By conserving energy and lowering your reliance on heating and cooling systems, you are actively participating in the fight against climate change.

Remember, insulation provides resistance to heat flow and lowers your heating and cooling costs. To test the airtightness of your home and identify any insulation issues, consider getting an energy assessment. This assessment will help you determine the areas that need improvement and provide recommendations on how to make your home more energy-efficient.

By scheduling a home inspection and energy assessment, you can take the necessary steps to ensure that your home is properly insulated and ready to provide you with long-term energy savings and comfort. So don’t delay, contact Justin (JD) Taggart from Taggart Inspections today to schedule your home inspection and energy assessment.

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Things Biden and the Democrats did, this week #16

April 26-May 3 2024

President Biden announced $3 billion to help replace lead pipes in the drinking water system. Millions of Americans get their drinking water through lead pipes, which are toxic, no level of lead exposure is safe. This problem disproportionately affects people of color and low income communities. This first investment of a planned $15 billion will replace 1.7 million lead pipe lines. The Biden Administration plans to replace all lead pipes in the country by the end of the decade.

President Biden canceled the student debt of 317,000 former students of a fraudulent for-profit college system. The Art Institutes was a for-profit system of dozens of schools offering degrees in video-game design and other arts. After years of legal troubles around misleading students and falsifying data the last AI schools closed abruptly without warning in September last year. This adds to the $29 billion in debt for 1.7 borrowers who wee mislead and defrauded by their schools which the Biden Administration has done, and a total debt relief for 4.6 million borrowers so far under Biden.

President Biden expanded two California national monuments protecting thousands of acres of land. The two national monuments are the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, which are being expanded by 120,000 acres. The new protections cover lands of cultural and religious importance to a number of California based native communities. This expansion was first proposed by then Senator Kamala Harris in 2018 as part of a wide ranging plan to expand and protect public land in California. This expansion is part of the Administration's goals to protect, conserve, and restore at least 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030.

The Department of Transportation announced new rules that will require car manufacturers to install automatic braking systems in new cars. Starting in 2029 all new cars will be required to have systems to detect pedestrians and automatically apply the breaks in an emergency. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration projects this new rule will save 360 lives every year and prevent at least 24,000 injuries annually.

The IRS announced plans to ramp up audits on the wealthiest Americans. The IRS plans on increasing its audit rate on taxpayers who make over $10 million a year. After decades of Republicans in Congress cutting IRS funding to protect wealthy tax cheats the Biden Administration passed $80 billion for tougher enforcement on the wealthy. The IRS has been able to collect just in one year $500 Million in undisputed but unpaid back taxes from wealthy households, and shows a rise of $31 billion from audits in the 2023 tax year. The IRS also announced its free direct file pilot program was a smashing success. The program allowed tax payers across 12 states to file directly for free with the IRS over the internet. The IRS announced that 140,000 tax payers were able to use it over their target of 100,000, they estimated it saved $5.6 million in tax prep fees, over 90% of users were happy with the webpage and reported it quicker and easier than companies like H&R Block. the IRS plans to bring direct file nationwide next year.

The Department of Interior announced plans for new off shore wind power. The two new sites, off the coast of Oregon and in the Gulf of Maine, would together generate 18 gigawatts of totally clean energy, enough to power 6 million homes.

The Biden Administration announced new rules to finally allow DACA recipients to be covered by Obamacare. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an Obama era policy that allows people brought to the United States as children without legal status to remain and to legally work. However for years DACA recipients have not been able to get health coverage through the Obamacare Health Care Marketplace. This rule change will bring health coverage to at least 100,000 uninsured people.

The Department of Health and Human Services finalized rules that require LGBTQ+ and Intersex minors in the foster care system be placed in supportive and affirming homes.

The Senate confirmed Georgia Alexakis to a life time federal judgeship in Illinois. This brings the total number of federal judges appointed by President Biden to 194. For the first time in history the majority of a President's nominees to the federal bench have not been white men.

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How to do an Energy Audit of your Home? | Pranab Nath | Book Review

Author: Pranab Nath Language: English Pages: 54 Genre: Children’s Literature How to Do Energy Audit of Your Home by Pranab Nath is an informative guide on the importance of energy conservation for children. The book educates young minds with fundamental and practical information regarding energy audits, energy saving and environmental protection. And while the book is written to serve children,…

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Home Energy Auditors | BPI Certified Contractors

Optimize your home’s energy performance with a home energy audit by BPI Certified Contractors. Johnson Insulation’s comprehensive energy audits identify inefficiencies and provide tailored solutions to reduce energy consumption and costs. Our expert auditors ensure your home is running efficiently, enhancing comfort and sustainability. Schedule your energy audit today for a more efficient and cost-effective home.

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Quality Home Theater Installation

Achieving a top-notch home theater experience begins with quality installation services that bring the magic of cinema to the living room. Professional home theater installation ensures optimal placement of speakers, screens, and audiovisual components, creating an immersive environment that maximizes sound quality and visual impact. Installers customize the setup to suit the space, considering acoustics, seating arrangement, and lighting control, guaranteeing a personalized home theater experience tailored to preferences.

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Okay, but, the GCPD and the Batfamily having a dysfunctional working relationship would be hilarious. Like, the cops know they need the Bats to help keep Gotham’s streets clean, but man, they are fucking troublemakers.

Take Dick, for example. He’s already naturally at home in a police station, so he’ll regularly waltz into GCPD headquarters to give pointers on cases, act as a translator, and will occasionally bring donuts for the night officers. But he’s also been trying to get them to unionize since 2009 and will also unabashedly steal things from the evidence locker. (He always returns it, usually with the adjacent case completed, but it’s a lot of red tape and that’s very annoying.) He also fucks up the coffee machine every time he uses it.

As for Jason… On one hand he is excellent at tracking down perps that have escaped custody or gone to ground. It’s not uncommon for him to pull up with a van full of criminals on the wanted list, which is great… expect for the fact that Jason is also on the wanted list. So whenever he shows up the GCPD cops have to put in effort (minimal as it may be) to try and “capture” the Red Hood so that they don’t get audited by Homeland Security. So now like once a month they have to chase the Red Hood across Gotham proper, because he handed the Penguin into their custody or something, and they have to look good for their bosses—it’s a waste of resources and really fucking annoying, but, hey, they got the Penguin?

Surprisingly, Tim and Stephanie are the most frequent visitors of the GCPD—and they are also the most dreaded. Because Tim is a plucky little know-it-all, but also he can and will update their entire database in a single night and will, at random, solve a cold case they’ve been sitting on for 20 years. The problem is that he’s just fucking annoying about it, and every other week he’ll break into the vending machine to steal the energy drinks—that shit is impossible to get replaced. And Steph? She’ll talk the ears off the night shift and get everyone off task, because they’re busy gossiping about the accounting department in the Manor’s office and planning a prank war on the fire department.

You would think Cassandra would be everyone’s favorite because she’s quiet and much less destructive then her siblings, but you’d be wrong—Cassandra is an absolute menace and the night shift workers have spent years trying to prove it. She will sneak up behind people, leave random pebbles in people’s shoes, and will put googly eyes on anything she touches. The day shift thinks the night officers need to chill because, “isn’t she the chill one?” (No. No she is not. None of the Bats are chill.)

And then there’s Damian. As Robin, the closest he usually gets to the GCPD is through Batman, via his consultations with Commissioner Gordon. But on the rare occasions he’s permitted inside the GCPD, he is dotted on extensively by the officers. He’s deadly and abrasive but they love him. They give him candy and head pats and let him use the sketch-artist supplies to do drawings, which they religiously pin to the break room refrigerator. Damian will pretend to despise this despite the fact that he so clearly loves it.

Lastly, there’s Duke. As the only day shifter, he’s widely considered to be the most well adjusted and relatable Bat. Half a year into his tenure as Signal, he’s on a first name basis with half the GCPD, has his own locker and fridge space for his lunchbox, a coffee mug with his logo on it is kept in the break room, and he’s already been nominated for Employee of the Year despite the fact that he does not actually work for the GCPD. The night shift refuses to accept that he is real.