This article comes from MSN-Realestate and it talks about energy efficient upgrades to your existing home. It also talks about how making these changes in your attic can help local business as well.

Here is an excerpt, “The most effective investments a homeowner can make to lower his utility bills occur in the attics and crawl spaces, with homegrown labor and homegrown goods: insulation and caulking. Nearly every dime stays close to home.”

“Employing local workers. The work is hardly glamorous (when’s the last time a TV show featured an air-duct remodel or a trendy attic insulation?) nor does it need to use the sexy house-wares that big companies promote in ads and on Capitol Hill. Often the results are even hidden from the view of the homeowner himself (aside from the smaller number on the electric bill).”

We found this to be a very good article. Please take a few minutes to read it, and let us know what you think.

MSN Realestate; Energy Efficiency

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