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Home energy efficiency 101
Who we are. How we help.• An environmental charity and social enterprise• Serving Waterloo Region since 1999 • Focusing on energy and water sustainability
Funding: Local partners, contracts, grants, client fees and donations
Our mission:
REEP Green Solutions
PHILIP DRADER
Home Energy
Coach
Home energy efficiency 101
Doing things in the right order makes life go smoothly
Home energy efficiency 101
Make a plan
Attic to basement: • Develop a full plan of
renovations for the next 10 years• Write your general goals down• Plan to do things correctly, right
from the start
Make a plan
Energy goals could be: • draft proof• add insulation to
attic, main walls, and/or basement
• replace doors and windows
• replace furnace or water heater
• add solar panels
Avoid scope creep
Think energy BEFORE you replace your:• shingles, • furnace, • water heater, • paint your house, • add attic insulation, • finish your basement, • replace siding
Draftproofing
Include in every renovation.
Make a continuous, air tight, circle around your home
Before replacing shingles
Think about• Mounting solar panels• Attic airtightness and ventilation• Attic insulation.
Before adding attic insulation
Think about:• Air seal. • Ensure adequate attic ventilation. • Replace knob and tube/aluminium wiring. • Run additional cables (phone, cable, etc)
Before painting house
Insulate main wall cavities (if uninsulated)
Before insulating main wall cavities
Replace any wiring in outside walls that you wish
Before replacing siding
• Air seal from outside. • Add rigid insulation
and window extensions.
• Consider vented wall assembly.
Before replacing water heater
• Consider air source heat pump water heater.
• Consider instantaneous water heater.
Before replacing furnace
• If furnace is naturally aspirated , replace naturally aspirated water heater at the same time - with electric or power-vented.
• Seal chimney off (airtightness). • Or take chimney down below
roof-line and re-shingle.
Before finishing basement
CAUTION:
Large scope of
work ahead
Before finishing basement
Avoid moisture inyour basement
Before finishing basement
• Gas line for BBQ• Drain for main floor clothes washer pan• Run wires• Run central vac piping• Seal duct connections • Install balancing valves in ductwork• Replace galvanized water pipes• Install outside hose bibs
Before finishing basement
• Sound-proof floors • Strengthen floor joists and
sub-floor if planning tile floors• Insulate floors if planning
heated floors • Replace cross-bracing if removed • Don't insulate over waterlines on
outside walls (move them)
REVIEW
• Plan your renovations far in advance. • Do them in a logical order. • Save money and aggravation.
Future Home Energy Coach presentations & open houses
Put our coach to work for you
To book an orientation or a home energy evaluation
Learn more
Use sign up sheet at the front!
Call 519-744-9799 > Press 1
Email [email protected]
reepgreen.ca/HomeEnergyCoach
Thank you to our core funders