Enhance your Home Energy Efficiency with Custom Insulation

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Insulation acts like a blanket for your home, keeping warm air inside during the winter and hot air outside during the summer.

Without proper insulation, your furnace or air conditioner has to work harder and run longer. This results in increased electricity and natural gas usage, leading to higher utility bills.
That means more electricity, more natural gas, and higher bills.

How Insulation Lowers Your Monthly Bill

Let’s say you live in Alberta, where winters are cold and summers can get hot. Heating is your biggest expense, followed by cooling in the summer. Insulation directly affects both.

Example: A Typical Home

• Home size: 1,500 sq. ft.
   
• Monthly energy cost (winter): $350
   
• Energy used mostly for heating: furnace, hot water, fan
   
• Poor insulation = heat constantly escapes = furnace runs more often

What Happens With Better Insulation?

Before insulation upgrades, a typical home might see the furnace running nearly 10 hours a day, with significant heat loss through the roof and monthly heating bills climbing to around $350. 

After adding proper insulation, that furnace run time can drop to just 5–6 hours a day, roof heat loss is reduced by about 30%, and monthly heating costs fall to $200–$250.

In simple terms, better insulation translates into up to 40% savings,or about $100 to $150 back in your pocket every winter month, all while keeping your home warmer, more efficient, and far more comfortable.

Summer Cooling Savings Too

In the summer:

• Poor insulation lets hot air in → your A/C runs longer
   
• With insulation, your home stays cooler naturally
   

Savings on summer electric bills can be:

• 15–30% reduction in cooling costs
   
• Even higher if you add window/attic insulation + sealing

Real Numbers Over the Year

Season   Monthly Bill Before  Monthly Bill Before After    Savings

Winter                $350                                    $225                                 $500 

(4 months)

Summer

(3 months)        $250                                     $190                                 $180

Shoulder           $200                                     $175                                  $100

Seasons

Annual Savings = $700–$900 or more, just from improving insulation.

If you add solar panels, your system doesn’t have to work as hard to power:

• The furnace fan
   
• The air conditioner
   
• The hot water heater
   

• Fewer panels = lower cost
   
• More of your solar power gets used efficiently
   
• Shorter payback time on solar investment