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Professional Testing & Diagnosis – Conduct a comprehensive Home Energy Audit to assess the energy efficiency of your house. |
Analysis- Carefully analyze the results of the Home Energy Audit / test to identify areas that needs improvement. We furnish a comprehensive report and pinpoint improvements base on priority. |
Remediate – Implement green home improvements based on the comprehensive analysis. | Validate- Test all green home improvements to ensure that we met our energy efficiency goals. |
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Home Energy/ Performance Retrofit & Remodeling
Greenhouse offers a wide range of energy efficient retrofits and construction services. We are devoted to make your house healthy and more energy efficient. Having personnel that are building performance and renewable energy specialists you can feel confident that we will get the project done right.
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Healthy Home Inspection & Remediation - A holistic inspection, testing and remediation services (combining building science and (NCHH) National Center for Healthy Housing guidelines) to reduce allergens, moisture, pest, indoor pollutants, prevent illness and reduce injury from accidents at home. |
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Light Efficiency retrofits - Reduce energy consumption through the use of energy efficient lighting |
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Duct Cleaning - Clean out dirty duct system to remove air contaminants and improve the air conditioning system efficiency |
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Duct Sealing - Seal leaky ducts that is the primary cause of severe Indoor Air Quality problems, and increase energy use |
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Building Envelop Sealing and Weatherization- Seal leaks in building envelop penetrations, seams and in unconditioned spaces |
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Day Lighting- Installation of skylights and solar light tubes to reduce lighting load |
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Glazing - Replace older low efficiency windows with Low-E efficient widows/ glazing |
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Water heater replacement - Tankless water heaters used 40% less energy, have 30+ year lives and give endless hot water. |
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AC Improvements- depending on your house and your family’s needs – we’ll work with you to right size your AC unit and upgrade your condensing units to high efficiency SEER 14 or greater units. |
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Insulation - Blow-in insulation brings an effective R-20 to the attic, much greater then older-home insulation. |
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Hot Water Pipe Insulation- Insulate hot water pipe and heater to improve efficiency. |
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Crawl Space Sealing- Seal crawlspace to prevent moisture and air infiltration. |
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Alternative Energy
Having a grid-connected photovoltaic system allows you to power your home or small business with renewable energy during those periods (diurnal as well as seasonal) when the sun is shining. Any excess electricity you produce is fed back into the grid. When renewable resources are unavailable, electricity from the grid supplies your needs, thus eliminating the expense of electricity storage devices like batteries.
In addition, power providers (i.e., electric utilities) in most states allow net metering an arrangement where the excess electricity generated by grid-connected renewable energy systems "turns back" your electricity meter as it is fed back into the grid. Thus, if you use more electricity than your system feeds into the grid during a given month, you pay your power provider only for the difference between what you used and what you produced.
How They Work Solar Electric or PV modules convert sunlight to electricity. The PV modules generate DC electricity - or direct current - sending it to the inverter. (2) The inverter transforms the DC power into AC electricity for ordinary household needs. (3) Existing electrical panel distributes solar electricity and utility power to (4) loads (appliances).
Solar water heaters—also called solar domestic hot water systems—can be a cost-effective way to generate hot water for your home. They can be used in any climate, and the fuel they use—sunshine—is free.
How They Work Solar water heating systems include storage tanks and solar collectors. There are two types of solar water heating systems: active, which have circulating pumps and controls, and passive, which don't. Most solar water heaters require a well-insulated storage tank. Solar storage tanks have an additional outlet and inlet connected to and from the collector. In two-tank systems, the solar water heater preheats water before it enters the conventional water heater. In one-tank systems, the back-up heater is combined with the solar storage in one tank.
You can significantly reduce swimming pool heating costs by installing a solar pool heater. They're cost competitive with both gas and heat pump pool heaters, and they have very low annual operating costs. Actually, solar pool heating is the most cost-effective use of solar energy in many climates. How They Work Most solar pool heating systems include the following:
Pool water is pumped through the filter and then through the solar collector(s), where it is heated before it is returned to the pool. In hot climates, the collector(s) can also be used to cool the pool during peak summer months by circulating the water through the collector(s) at night. Some systems include sensors and an automatic or manual valve to divert water through the collector(s) when the collector temperature is sufficiently greater than the pool temperature. When the collector temperature is similar to the pool temperature, filtered water simply bypasses the collector(s) and is returned to the pool. |
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