Insulation

Valley residents know that keeping your home cool makes up a large portion of the electricity bill. For that reason,  insulation can be one of the most important factors to making your home energy efficient. Insulating your home properly with green products is also one of the best ways to contribute to a healthy environment. Using certain types of recycled materials as insulation can lead to fewer landfills, and the materials themselves are in many cases healthier. The majority of a typical homes' energy usage comes from its heating and cooling systems. Having poor insulation can make your air conditioning or heating system work harder, which makes your energy bill to go up. In addition to that, more energy use means more emissions from the power company. There are a variety of options available to insulate your home. These options will come as loose fill, which is loose material that is sprayed into walls or crevices, batt, which is a blanket like roll, rigid board, or spray foam. Types of insulation material include: cellulose, cotton, fiberglass and spray polyurethane foam.