How to Achieve Airtightness in Your Building in New York?
There is growing awareness about the importance of airtightness in your building – you may have heard it talked about on your favourite home reno TV show or read about it on the internet. Airtightness in your building may not seem like a big concern – air enters and exits our buildings all the time, […]
How Important is Attic Insulation?
Your attic is one of the key places to add new insulation to your home – the importance of attic insulation is so great that simply adding or updating your insulation can help you save hundreds to thousands of dollars a year on your heating and cooling bills. We often explain the importance of attic […]
How Insulation Acts as an All-in-One Barrier
There are a number of different ways contemporary construction and building sciences help to keep the interior of your home comfortable all year round, and one is by utilizing the ability of insulation as an all-in-one barrier. Every home has a number of different control layers that help to prevent or slow the movement of […]
The Detrimental Effects Of Poor Insulation Installation
Heat, air, and moisture flow through our homes regardless of insulation, barrier layers, and the best knowledge in building sciences. What creates detrimental effects, however, is not the lack of materials but poor installation of those materials, and few things can be more harmful to indoor comfort than poor insulation installation.There are 3 major ways […]
Which Type of Insulation is Best for Your Home?
Continuing our series on the science of home building and insulation, today we’re going to talk about the type of insulation that may be best for your home. At Solve Insulation, we know that it’s easy to feel overwhelmed when looking at the range of options available – which type of insulation should you choose? […]
How Important is Insulation in the Attic?
On the Solve Insulation blog, we talk a LOT about how it is important to insulate the attic, and what the benefits are to you and your home, such as increased indoor comfort and better energy savings and efficiency. Installing new insulation can help seal air leakage, reduce or help prevent problems like mold growth, […]
What are New York Building Code Requirements for Insulation?
Many homes in New York were built long before building code requirements for insulation were available or before builders truly understood how ventilation and other factors affect the efficacy of your insulation. Today we’re going to help you understand the New York building code requirements for insulation and how it affects your home and insulation […]
The Importance of the Building Envelope
In the last article in our building sciences series, we talked about the New York Building Code – this time, we’re going to cover the building envelope and what it is, why it’s important, and how it’s applied in your home. Simply put, the building envelope is the materials used to separate the environment from […]
How The Right Control Layers Make an Efficient Home?
This week in our series on building sciences and home anatomy, we’re going to be talking about control layers and how they can affect your indoor environment and home’s permeability. Control layers are an important part of your home’s system; depending on the age and construction techniques used, your home may have all, some, or […]
How to Fight Climate Change and Save Money?
Combatting climate change can seem like an impossible task for the average homeowner. However, with the GreenNY insulation rebates offered by the State of New York, your home can help you make a positive impact in the fight against global warming. The GreenNY Rebate Can Help You Save Money Altruism aside, one of the bonuses […]
Help the Environment & Get Money Back with GreenON Rebate
The State of New York is serious about fighting climate change and has established the GreenNY Rebate Program for insulation installations and upgrades. If you’re a residential property owner in New York, you may qualify for thousands of dollars from the GreenNY Rebate for insulation installation or upgrades. This rebate is part of the Green […]
How Building Science Affects Home Comfort?
Contemporary home construction has a huge advantage over methods used in the past, and that is the practice of building science. A century ago, home builders thought of each part of the home separately, without considering how those component parts would be working together to provide a comfortable, safe structure – over time, this building […]
