TOLEDO, OH--Owens Corning is advising homeowners to help conserve energy and cooling costs by installing adequate attic insulation, at least 19 inches for most homes.
"A significant amount of a home's struggle to remain cool is through under-insulated attics, but it's simple to determine if you have enough, and it's easy to add more if you don't," says Gale Tedhams, director of sustainability for Owens Corning. "Go up to your attic. If you can see the wood beams of your attic floor, you don't have enough."
With energy prices skyrocketing, under-insulated homes not only face increased energy costs, they also emit one-half ton more CO2 every year than their properly-insulated neighbors. To meet the Department of Energy recommendation for an R-value of up to 60 for attics, Owens Corning advises attics have about 19 inches of fiberglass batt insulation or 22 inches of blown insulation.
"According to a recent global McKinsey study, one of the most cost effective measures to reduce greenhouse gases is building insulation," says Tedham
Owens Corning encourages homeowners to go to www.insulateyouratticnow.com, a site where visitors can learn how to save up to 20 percent on their energy bills, measure their attic insulation level and find out where to buy insulation.
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