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The first time that Green Dean laid eyes on spray foam insulation being installed...he was head over heels in love! We know that it doesn't conjure up the same romantic thoughts as Romeo and Juliet, but that's why we love him! Spray foam insulation can be used as an insulating and air sealing product for residential wall and ceiling cavities. The insulation is sprayed, via special equipment, into wall cavities and expands to fill all the nooks and crannies in a wall cavity. Excess foam is scraped off the studs to form a uniform wall cavity. Spray foam insulation makes it easy to completely fill wall cavities with insulation and to perform air sealing in the same step. We were fortunate enough to catch an installation of the Icynene Insulation System by the fine folks at EcoComfort.

Here Is Your Chance, But You Better Act Fast!

The Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense program has released draft guidelines for water-efficient new homes and is inviting public comment through July 21, 2008. The draft specification and supporting statement is chock full of information about residential water usage and how by having a WaterSense label on your home can save you money!
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And I'll huff and I'll puff and blower door test your home!

The Green Dean Team has been working on a project in conjunction with Castalia Homes to document the first LEED Certified and NAHB Certified green home built in Indiana. A couple of weeks ago, Mark Jansen of Energy Effiecient Homes Midwest came by to perform an energy efficiency audit. The audit consisted of a battery of tests to check to see if the home met the qualifying standards of the certification programs. While you may not need to qualify for certification, your home and wallet could benefit from having a certified professional perform a blower door test.