Do you pay a lot in utilty expenses - and still your home or business can be cold in winter and hot in summer? You want to fix it...but how do you know where to begin?
Before you spend thousands of dollars replacing your windows, furnace or adding insulation, let us show you where your precious energy dollars are being wasted...and how fixing it may cost less than what you expect, and pays you back more than you could have believed !
- nationally accredited "HERS" Home Energy Rater 
- Energy Audits - blower door - infrared - improvements analysis
- Dept. of Energy's "Builders Challenge" verifier / consultant- ENERGY STAR Rater Partner - 3rd party verification of ENERGY STAR homes
- USGBC LEED-H Green Rater / verifier / consultant
Home Performance Contracting
- Weatherization
- Insulation
- Air sealing
Comprehensive home energy analysis and improvements.
EverGreen Home Services is committed to helping create sustainable, green homes that save energy, money and the environment. Resource and energy efficient homes create many benefits for the individual and for the environment. Green homesare more comfortable and healthier, more durable and affordable to maintain, and create more disposable income! Green homes also reduce the harmful impact our homes have on our environment and can in fact, change from being a burden on the globe to making a productive and positive impact.
Homebuyers and homeowners benefit from EverGreen Home Services "whole-house" approach in assessing a homes performance / energy use, identifying areas of inefficiency or waste and making cost-effective recommendations for energy efficient improvements. Many energy improvements pay for themselves in utility cost savings. And the increased comfort and peace of mind are priceless!
As a RESNET accredited HERS rater company, we provide homebuilders seeking a competitive advantage the professional consultation and support through each phase as needed; design, construction and independent verification of ENERGY STAR or GREEN-BUILT homes.
Energy efficiency improvements pay dividends for years to come !!!
The science of resource and energy efficient buildings and building process is well developed, though not routinely practiced in the design, construction or maintenance of today’s homes! “Green” is on an upward trend as more people learn the wisdom of building or remodeling using resource and energy efficient design and construction.
We are committed to raising the awareness of the benefits of going green and making it easier to do so. And we are committed to supporting homebuilders, homeowners and homebuyers by applying the principles and methods of green building and performance testing standards.
A less well understood impact of air leakage is the devestating impacts it can have with in wall assemblies. Insulation R-value is drastically reduced with air flowing through it, making it little more than an air filter. Air flowing though walls will cause moist warm air to condense when it reaches the cold exterior, causing mold, mildew and often rot !!!
EVERGREEN Energy Tips:
Building Envelope Science
> In Michigan, 60 % of the homes energy use is from heating. Heating losses occur through air leakage (convective energy flow) and insufficient or ineffective insulation (conductive energy flow)
> The most cost-effective energy improvement for most homes is locating and sealing the numerous areas of air leakage into the building
> Sealing air leaks to tighten the buiding shell has benefits beyond the obvious, such as the reduction of uncomfortable drafts and saving on utiltiy bills. It also makes your existing insulation do the job it is supposed to do.
> Insulation is tested in the lab to be R-13 or R-19 and so on with no air flowing through it. Fiberglass with air flowing through it is also called "filterglass" because of the dark streaks of dust collected from the air.
> Sealing air leaks creates the air barrier that most insulation needs in order for it to perform as intended,
