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 customerservice@reepgreen.ca

reepgreen.ca/HomeEnergyCoach

Thank you to our core funders