Aeroseal Technology Helps Habitat for Humanity Complete Energy Star-Rated House
Habitat for Humanity has made a commitment that each of their houses will be as energy efficient as possible and adhere to and pass the Energy Star certification. Using state-of-the-art equipment and construction practices, each house has been renovated with energy saving features, such as exterior rigid foam insulation, dense pack cellulose wall insulation, spray foam roof decking, insulated foundations, duct sealing, and energy efficient HVAC systems and appliances. This combination of energy efficiency retrofit work, in these 1,100-1,300 square foot houses, ensures the homeowner’s annual utilities will be only $800-$1,000 per year, less than $80 a month.
“In July, however, we had a particularly difficult house to fix,” said Rob Nissly, housing director at Habitat. When, after three to four days of repeated testing, patching, and wasting manpower, and one house still would not pass the Energy Star test, the group contacted Priority Energy of Chicago.