Earlier today, The Washington Post highlighted various innovative home energy upgrades, including spray foam insulation, which help homeowners save on rising utility bills, improve energy efficiency, and keep homes more comfortable year round.
As Josh Friddle, president of Terra Insulation, noted in the article, without proper insulation and improving your home’s building envelope, “It’s kind of like money just flying out of your house.”
“The Post asked a local energy auditor to analyze how to limit the home’s air leaks. The auditor performed a blower door test — setting a large fan in the sealed front door of the house and tracking air as it flowed through the home.
‘It’s kind of like money just flying out of your house,’ said Josh Friddle, president of Terra Insulation, the company that performed the energy audit.
Friddle recommended adding insulation to counteract this effect — first, by adding polyurethane foam to leaky points in the attic to keep air from escaping, and then by sealing and conditioning the crawlspace to prevent outdoor air from coming in. Adding insulation to the walls would also help, he said. ‘We call it the ABCs,’ he said, of the priorities for sealing up a home. ‘Attic, bottom floor, crawlspace.'”