# Presentation: 170593

## LIPA Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program

***LIPA Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program***

## Introduction

**Introduction**

-  Home Performance with ENERGY STAR – existing homes
-  New York ENERGY STAR Labeled Homes – new homes
-  ENERGY STAR Qualified Products

**Notes:**

LIPA’s Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program treats existing Homes
The ENERGY STAR labeled homes program deals with new homes
Q: Does anyone know what was the first product to receive the ENERGY STAR label?
A: Computer Monitors in 1993

## What is Home Performance?

**Holistic approach to treating your home:**

** **Comfort
-  Health and Safety
-  Durability & long-term value
-  Environmental benefits
-  Verified Results
-  Energy Savings **up to 40%!**

## What is a Home Assessment?

_**Home Performance Assessment (HPA)**_

-  Health and safety testing
-  Air leakage
-  Insulation assessment
-  Domestic hot-water   system efficiency
-  Heating system efficiency

-  Cooling system/central air   efficiency, if applicable
-  Distribution system (ductwork)   condition, if applicable
-  Lighting
-  Major appliances

**Notes:**
What do we mean by Comprehensive? Look at all the systems in your home that are part of a CHA.

## Efficient house?

**Notes:**
House located in Bethpage NY photo taken two hours after a snow-fall.
Melt in center is an un-insulated stairwell.
Ridge melt is a sign of an incomplete air barrier / thermal boundary.
Note garage roof and lack of melt in unheated space.
Air-blocking and insulation can fix this by aligning the thermal and air boundary.

## Where’s my money going?

**Notes:**
House located in Glen Cove NY.
Duct leaks can account for as much as 25% of your heating and/or cooling load.
The conditioned air is “lost” to the unconditioned attic.
The takeoff is also un-insulated.

## Where’s my money going?

**Notes:**
House located in Plainview NY.
2.5” of attic insulation in poor condition = less than R-8
Major heating and cooling loss to the attic.

## Where’s my money going?

**Notes:**
House in Hampton Bays NY.
Poorly designed / leaky ductwork - kinked flex - balancing problems.
Floor insulation in poor condition – falling down.
Leaky block walls, air bypasses to the living space.

## Where’s my money going?

**Notes:**
House in Moriches NY.
Leak in attic return ductwork drawing in smoke.
Attic was at 68 degrees in February on a below freezing day because of duct leakage.

## Where’s my money going?

**Notes:**
Home in Ronkonkoma NY.
Uninsulated sheetrock attic access hatch.
IR image shows heat transfer and air leakage.
Water stains on hatch from condensation in attic from air-bypasses.
Roof rot from condensate on roof deck.

## Where’s my money going?

**Notes:**
Same home in Ronkonkoma NY.
Plumbing stack bypass to attic.
IR photo shows heat loss from the conditioned space up this chase.
Moisture moves with the air-flow into the attic and condenses on the cold roof causing roof failure and mold problems.

## Quality Installation?

**Notes:**
Home in Roosevelt NY.
Newly installed fiberglass crawl space insulation.
Vapor barrier facing the wrong direction.
Insulation falling down and compressed in other areas.
Insulation not touching the subfloor = ineffective.

## Safe operation?

**Notes:**
Water heater in Middle Island.
This is a 75k btu heater that replaced a 40k btu heater.
The original flue pipe and draft hood were never replaced or properly sized.
They also stacked the old draft hood on top of new one.
The homeowner was complaining about high RH, headaches, dizziness. He and his wife were experiencing CO poisoning symptoms.
Ambient CO levels were found to exceed EPA tolerances. The unit did NOT draft at all for the three years it was installed.
CO detector wired into the alarm system was not working.

## Combustion Safety

**Symptoms of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning:**

-  Nausea
-  Irregular breathing
-  Coma

-  Dizziness
-  Fatigue
-  Headache

***Home Performance Contractors check for dangerous carbon monoxide!***

## Building Performance Institute (BPI) Accredited Contractors

**Building Performance Institute (BPI) Accredited Contractors**

** ****Specially trained and certified technicians**
** ****Strict program standards**
** ****Independent 3****rd**** party verification**
** ****Must be BPI certified to participate **
** ****Customer incentives only with BPI contractors **

**Notes:**
The “Good Housekeeping” seal of approval, but for contractors.

Now let’s look at what a HP contractor can do for you

## How is My Home Evaluated?

**Some of the diagnostic tests used to test your home include:**

** ****Blower Door Test**
** ****Duct Blaster Test**
** ****Combustion Safety (CO) Test**

**Notes:**
Blower Door:  Measures the air tightness of a home and aids in    identifying areas where air leakage is occurring
Duct Blaster:  Measure how “leaky” the ductwork is in a home.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) Analyzer:  Important health and safety tool to determine   whether the major combustion appliances   (furnace, boiler, hot water tank and stove) in  your home are operating safely
Now let’s see video of blower and duct blaster testing

## Air Sealing

-  **Reduces energy cost**  and lowers utility bills
-  **Helps minimize risk **of structural          damage from excess moisture
-  **Reduces drafts** for a more comfortable home

**Benefits of Air Sealing**

## ENERGY STAR  Appliances

-  Clothes washers use up to** ****40% less energy **and** ****50% less water**
** **Refrigerators use up to** ****50% less energy than a 10-year old model**
-  Dishwashers** ****clean better****, ****use less energy and water**
** ** A/C units use **10% less energy **

**Notes:**
Who has an ENERGY STAR appliance in their home?

## ENERGY STAR Qualified Lighting

-  Qualified lighting fixtures & bulbs                       **use less energy and **                                          **last up to 10 times longer!**

**Notes:**
Who has ENERGY STAR CFL bulbs in their home?

## Windows

** ****Year-round Savings**
** ****Improved Daylight ****  and View**
** ****Improved Comfort**
** ****Reduced Condensation**
** ****Reduced Fading**

**Notes:**
Your home performance contractor can tell you about the remainder of the numbers.

## Save Energy, Save Money

**LIPA Low-interest Financing **
**Or **
**LIPA Homeowner Finance Incentive (HFI):**Reimbursement** equal to 10% of the total cost**
** **

**How to Become an ENERGY STAR**

**Three Easy Steps **

** ****WORK IS DONE**
** **Contractor completes   improvement work
-  Your home is more   energy efficient
-  **Start saving money!**

## 1-877-ESTAR-LI (378-2754)

**1-877-ESTAR-LI (378-2754)**
**www.lipower.org**