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Knee wall spaces are small spaces commonly found in combination with cathedral or sloped ceilings in finished attics, behind a short wall, and come with or without a small door to access the area. Typically these spaces are treated as if they were outside the thermal boundary of the house. They ...

Cathedral ceilings by norm pose a difficult challenge when it comes to energy efficiency.  In this type of ceiling, the dry wall or plaster is attached directly to the bottom of the rafters that support the roof. There is no attic and there is usually only a few inches clearance between ...

If you think energy waste is something you only find in older homes, and that new homes are all built with energy efficiency in mind, you are seriously mistaken. A lot of new homes are built with no regard to energy efficiency whatsoever. Sometimes it is because building codes are ...

Larry Janesky, founder of Dr. Energy Saver, was recently in Florida helping a homeowner solve a problem many other homeowners in the southeast have and don't even know about: ducts in the attic. While these ducts are sometimes used for heating during the winter, most of the year they are ...

Homeowners across the U.S. tend to mistakenly believe that proper attic insulation is only adequate in the cold regions of the country, to maintains the home's heat. Larry Janesky, founder of Dr. Energy Saver explains that insulation is also needed in warmer areas. Insulation prevents heat transfer. It prevents hot air ...

Climate control and comfort in a home depends on much more than the size, power and efficiency of the heating and cooling system. It depends on proper insulation, air sealing and, above all, it depends on the air duct's distribution and adequate balance between return and supply ducts. Larry Janesky, founder ...

The sun tends to heat conventional roof shingles up to temperatures as high as 140 or 150 degrees F during the summer. That heat is then radiated to the attic, which reaches scorching temperatures, usually 40 to 50 degrees hotter than the outside air. The heat in the attic then radiates ...

What makes a tankless water heater so much more efficient than a conventional tank water heater? Larry Janesky, president of Dr. Energy Saver, was recently On the Job in Florida, answering that very question. A tank based water heater loses heat in many ways. First there is what we call the "standby ...

Dr. Energy Saver's owner and president was On the Job down in Florida helping us understand how to make homes more energy efficient in warmer areas of the country. Today, he focuses on how windows can lose or conserve energy.Clear glass, conventional windows allow infrared rays, the heat component of ...

If your air conditioning system is 10 years old or more, you can bet it is wasting a lot of energy and costing you a lot of money. Ten or fifteen years ago, the Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rate (SEER) of the best available air conditioner was around 6 to 8, ...

On the Job in Florida, Larry Janesky, President and Owner of Dr. Energy Saver, installed a radiant barrier in an attic to make this homeowner's home more comfortable and to help reduce the cooling bills.Florida's warm sun causes most roofs, which absorb the sun's heat, to get really hot. That ...

This homeowner called Dr. Energy Saver a second time after being so pleased with the prior energy saving work, with the task of making the skylight in the kitchen more energy efficient. Skylights are often used to bring additional daylight into rooms and are great looking architectural features, but depending on ...

The energy conservation experts at Dr. Energy Saver first look into the attic when helping improve a home's energy efficiency, because a properly insulated and air sealed attic is the main component of a green home!Larry Janesky, owner and president of Dr. Energy Saver, explains how the "stack effect" can ...

Before Dr. Energy Saver was called in for this job, this homeowner was wasting a lot of energy and money through his unsealed, uninsulated concrete crawl space. For 20 years since the home was built, an 8" x 16" crawl space door was allowing unconditioned outdoor air to enter the ...

By now we've heard of the benefits and energy savings from LED lighting, but many of us haven't made the switch for a single reason: LED bulbs are more expensive. Did you ever wonder exactly how much you could save by replacing your old incandescent bulbs with LED lights? Are ...