How Can Insulation Save Me Money?

Heat Loss

Percentages From: Union Energy - Wise Energy Use Guide

It is important to understand how your building or home wastes energy and what type of action can be taken to correct this problem. Generally heat is transferred from inside a building to the outside in all directions (side to side, up and down). Heat does not rise; hot air rises because of relative densities. Heat energy generally moves from hotter to colder; or more simply, heat follows cold. That means the building, as a system, must be insulated from all sides. Building contractors focus their efforts on insulating walls and ceilings, leaving floors and basement walls completely uninsulated.

Insta-Insulation's experience and continuous research shows that the basement (floors and walls) is one of the most critical spaces to insulate. Insulating these areas becomes even more important, when the rest of the building is well insulated. For an insulated house, uninsulated floors can be the cause of up to 40% of energy loses. For a heated floor that is uninsulated or poorly insulated, that waste of heat might be even worse - up to 50%. For a 2,000 sq ft house that means $400 to $700 spent for nothing every year - why waste that money?

Investing money to reduce energy bills is one of the best, fastest returning investments you can make. A one-time insulation cost pays back dividends immediately and continues to save you money. A well-insulated building uses less energy, creating lower energy bills, and the environmental pollution is reduced.

For commercial buildings, reduced spending on heating and air-conditioning is a tremendous benefit to companies (ie. higher profit). For residential buildings, the reduction of maintenance costs will keep money in homeowner's pockets. For both, reducing energy demands means the saving of valuable energy supplies, and the protection of our environment. The investment in insulation, even if it seems to be high, always brings returns - real money.