Insulate and Air Seal Your Home

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Many of us live in homes built before 1970. If you live in one of these older homes, the insulation in your walls may not meet modern energy efficiency standards. An older home probably has 250% more air leakage than a home built today. That is a lot of cold air sweeping into your home making it uncomfortable and expensive to heat.

How can you tell if your walls are properly insulated and air sealed? Start with a no-cost home energy assessment.

Take advantage of the 75-100% reimbursal on insulation and other weatherization! Mass Save, a state sponsored energy efficiency program, will reimburse all customers for any needed insulation at 75%.  

If you had an assessment in the last two years and already have a Mass Save insulation recommendation, you can still qualify for the incentive! Check with the company who did that assessment to check if you qualify, and if you do, the incentive will be applied to the existing assessment.

Mass Save subsidizes approved air sealing work up to 100%. It also offers a 0% loan program for financing HVAC and energy efficiency measures. The energy efficiency professional can give you more details during the assessment.  

Want to go deeper? There are many more energy efficient improvements you can make beyond insulation and air-sealing, and Mass Save has additional incentives for renovations and additions, as well as  0% loans for greater energy efficiency measures.

Steps to Take

  1. Don’t wait to sign up for a no-cost home energy assessment. Without this assessment, you can’t get the insulation incentive. 
  2. Following the home energy assessment, take the recommended action and take advantage of the Mass Save subsidized air sealing and insulation installation. 
  3. Let us know how it went! Write a testimonial.

Deep Dive

Interested in actions beyond insulation and air sealing? 

  1. Convert to an electric heat pump heating and cooling
  2. Convert to an electric heat pump water heater
  3. Replace upper level recessed light fixtures with insulated ones.
  4. Install a draft stopper for your chimney
  5. Use insulation products not covered by the Mass Save program
  6. Change to electric induction cooking
  7. Carry out advanced air sealing through blower door directed air sealing
  8. Weather strip or replace drafty windows
  9. Add heat recovery ventilation to improve air quality and preheat fresh air entering your home 

Testimonials

In 2014, I had insulation added in the ceiling of my garage (which is right under my master bedroom), a crawlspace, and a wall between…
Added insulation and Attic Spray Foam
Submitted by: JAMES NAIL

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