Insulation: Unlocking The Keys To An Energy Efficient Home
May 22, 2015 Luke Styles 
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With the current discussion on energy efficiency, concerns over energy costs in a challenging economy, and high prices in the property market, homeowners are increasingly looking to maximize their budget savings and the property values of their homes.
One key way to approach this, in both an existing and new home, is to check and update the level of insulation in the home.
How Insulation Is Vital In Insulating Property
Insulation is a vital tool in a homeowner’s arsenal when improving both energy and cost efficiency, and the reason is preventing the over-use of energy and preventing heat loss.
Heat can be expensive to generate, particularly in winter, and so keeping heat within a home rather than letting it escape through the windows, doors, ceiling, and walls, saves significant amounts of money. It is also good for the environment, as the amount of fuel used, and the amount of harmful emissions produced is reduced when less energy is required.
Why Insulation And Energy Efficiency Are Newsworthy
While the heat-saving and money-saving aspects of insulation have been known for some time, the environmental factors of effective insulation have only recently become a mainstream topic of conversation. One reason for this is that there is research now available that shows the increased effects and nature of climate change.