You may be among the many homeowners who ignore their attic except for the quick trip to retrieve holiday decorations once a year, but ignoring your attic comes at a price through wasted energy and ...

This regularly-scheduled sponsored column is written by the Arlington Initiative to Rethink Energy team (AIRE). This county program helps you make smart energy decisions that save you money and leaves ...

Q. We're going to add more insulation to our attic this fall. How much do we need? And you've written a few times about warm air from the house getting into the attic. But, looking at the ceilings in ...

Q: My question is about foam insulation. I went to a meeting about insulating attics, and the speaker said that you could seal up the entire attic with foam with no ill effects. He would spray the ...

Air sealing isn’t duct sealing. And it isn’t insulation. It’s the process of controlling the flow of air by sealing off openings in the house, such as gaps and cracks, so that bad particles stay ...

Nobody wants to spend good money to heat the outdoors. But that’s what you could be doing if your house has excessive air leaks. The more air that flows in through little cracks, holes and gaps in ...

We've looked at several ways to save on your energy bill, but among them all nothing does the job better than air sealing. Utility bill comparison site MyEnergy explains: The EPA estimates that ...