While it’s not uncommon to find materials like newspapers, corncobs, or even horsehair serving as insulation in historic homes, more often than not in New Orleans, there’s simply no insulation at all. Compared with other areas of the country, southern Louisiana wouldn’t have had the dire need to trap heat during the winter, and our […]
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Air Sealing Historic Homes If you’ve recently had a home energy audit performed on your historic New Orleans home, you’ve probably discovered that the structure has dozens if not hundreds of hidden air leaks. What’s the story behind all these cracks and crevices? Where do air leaks come from? Air leaks are created during the
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Can I have an Energy Efficient Historic Home? Enough can’t be said about New Orleans historic architecture. It is luring and fun to purchase one of these icons to the past. But anyone who owns a historic home will tell you that they are not energy efficient. Before we tackle that subject, lets look at the
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Sunlight Contractors offer commercial services that save money, energy, and lives No other energy solutions provider can offer the savings and services that Sunlight Contractor does. From industrial ignition barriers to spray foam roofing, we’ve got the products that meet all of your commercial needs. While we no longer provide solar panel installation, it was
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Sunlight Contractors of New Orleans offer spray foam and duct insulation services that save money and energy No other energy solutions provider can offer the savings and services that Sunlight Contractor of New Orleans, Louisiana does. From spray foam insulation to duct insulation services, we’ve got the products that meet all of your home’s needs. Call
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Walking into a New Orleans attic in summer is like walking on the sun. Have you ever wondered why attics get so unbearably hot? It has to do with radiant energy. Radiant energy is what makes surfaces hot, like the slick, vinyl of a car seat on a scorching afternoon. Or steaming roadways during Fourth
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Upgrade Your Insulation & Save “I don’t think I’ve ever had my thermostat set to 76 and been cool in my house,” says Robin Reynolds, a happy Sunlight Contractors customer. “It used to be set on 70-71, and my bedroom still wasn’t cool. All the rooms are the same temperature now!” Like Robin, you can
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Participate in Energy Efficiency Scientific observations increasingly support the idea that our climate is changing. A portion of that change can be attributed to emissions of heat-trapping gases released by human activity, including the burning of coal, oil, and gas. The National Climate Assessment, the latest White House report on climate change, provides a backdrop
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As Americans become wiser, we adopt more energy efficient practices. As we become richer, we buy more stuff. A lot of that stuff comes in the form of energy-sucking gadgetry: flat screen tvs, iPhones and iPads, cell phones and xBoxes. So while our enlightened energy practices our lowering the cost of energy, our consumer habits
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Lower your Imprint with Energy Efficiency “Now we are at the point where there is so much information, so much evidence, that we can no longer plead ignorance.” This statement issued by secretary general of the World Meteorological Organization Michel Jarraud draws attention to the importance of the report recently released to the world’s major
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