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New Stimulus Bill Offers Great Incentive to Insulate Now

TAX CREDITS FOR ENERGY SAVINGS!

On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed a stimulus bill (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) that made some significant changes to the energy efficiency tax credits.

Click here to view the details of the energy efficient tax credits for homeowners. Tax Credit Summary

The new American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 includes great benefits for homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their primary residence. The expanded tax credits are a huge incentive because tax credits lower your tax liability directly. For example if your federal tax bill totaled $3,000 a tax credit will reduce that amount directly. Deductions only save you the percentage of the tax bracket you're in.

Just as a solid foundation is vital to building a house that will last insulation and air sealing are critical in creating an energy efficient building. Quality HVAC technicians consider the shell of the home in order to properly size heating and cooling equipment. Those who don't often oversize and cause other problems in which mechanicals short cycle resulting in energy loss, lack of proper dehumidification and ineeficent operation. This wastes energy and can shorten the life expectancy of the unit.

A properly insulated home with a tight envelope will retain the energy you spend to create a comfortable environment. This coupled with conservation techniques and proper equipment will set you on the path for true energy savings.

Here's a recap of the main energy tax credits applicable to homeowners from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

"Economic Stimulus Act Extends Renewable Energy Tax Credits

The tax section of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides a three-year extension of the production tax credit (PTC) for most renewable energy facilities, while offering expansions on and alternatives for tax credits on renewable energy systems. The extension keeps the wind energy PTC in effect through 2012, while keeping the PTC alive for municipal solid waste, qualified hydropower, and biomass and geothermal energy facilities through 2013. In addition, a two-year extension of the PTC for marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy systems will keep that tax credit in effect through 2013. The PTC provides a credit for every kilowatt-hour produced at new qualified facilities during the first 10 years of operation, provided the facilities are placed in service before the tax credit's expiration date. For 2008, biomass facilities fueled with dedicated energy crops ("closed-loop biomass"), as well as wind, solar, and geothermal energy facilities earned 2.1 cents per kilowatt-hour, while other qualified facilities earned 1 cent per kilowatt-hour."

See pages 33-34 of theAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 (PDF 5.9 MB) of the actual bill.

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Case Studies

Testimonials

We have great customers. Here are their experiences with our company. Ranging from additional benefits they were surprised with to being impressed by our crews work ethic. It's always nice to work with good people.

Ms. Farrar's Appreciation

This is to express my appreciation for the excellent job your crew did insulating my 100 year old house with Air Krete last fall. I am extremely pleased with the drastic cut in my heating bill over this past Winter! Also, it is noticeably quieter inside. Your crew was extra careful in removing and replacing the old, brittle shingles, so that almost no damage was done. This was to me, an incredible feat and only accomplished because of the painstaking manner with which you worked.
Thanks again for a job well done!

Sincerely yours,

Judy Farrar
Erie, PA

The Parsons Get a More Comfortable Home!

Spray foaming a roof deck creates a seamless thermal and pressure boundary. The first key to great energy savings.

Mark and Sherrie Parsons have noticed the difference an energy overhaul can have on a home.

Here is their letter:

"It is our pleasure to write you regarding our energy savings.

Infrared Studies

Infrared is an excellent tool for diagnosing heat gain and loss. However, if you don't take action on what is found it's essentially worthless to you. Bauer Specialty can help you diagnose energy loss in your home or business and we have a variety of tools and products to help you correct the problem areas.

Here it's plain to see how much a little wind can contribute to tremendous heat loss. You'll probably never feel a draft from this wind but its affects you'll see in your utility bills and notice by the room being uncomfortable.

This is an energy hog.

Does this attic look so bad to you?

Attic Insulation

Infrared Evidence for Attic Insulation Many people are mislead about the role ventilation plays in a typical attic assembly. The latest building code allows for spray foam insulation to be applied directly to the roof deck and eliminate ventilation.

Many people are mislead about the role ventilation plays in a typical attic assembly. The latest building code allows for spray foam insulation to be applied directly to the roof deck and eliminate ventilation.

Infrared evidence that spray foam on a roof deck keeps heat where you want it.

Infrared Evidence

These images show how well foam works on the underside of a roof deck. It was only 66 degrees for the high the day the images were taken, 5/4/07. The images on the left show the temperature of the neighboring roof exterior maxing at 113 degrees. (The scale on the right edge of the infrared images shows the temperature range that is being picked up.)

The images on the right show a corner of the foamed building's interior before it was sprayed. The underside of the roof deck approaches 100 degrees while the foam is in the mid-60s-70s range. You can see the shingle color on the neighboring house is light gray in the lower left image. For comparison the foamed building has black shingles.

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