There are homes designed without attics, and there are homeowners who wish to raise their ceilings, but there are energy efficiency concerns with having no attic.

Any break in you insulation allows for a great reduction in your energy efficiency, but you may not realize it, there could be a good number of breaks in your attic insulation.

Insulating a home involves more than the insulation in your attic. Weather stripping for your door is an important step.

Creating a passive system that will not cause you to spend money on a utilities to help with the energy efficiency of your home.

A new idea on how to insulate your roof using nanotechnology.

Photographs of findings in the roof and attic during home inspections. Are you a real estate investor? Here is a resource page for real estate investors. Back to the contents page for the home inspection photos First, your attic needs air flowing through it to prevent problems with moisture and heat. Here are two types [...]

A Houston home inspector looks at a step towards a green home conversion that a homeowner can take, when they have an attached garage.

During a home inspection, I found an unusual air flow system.

Passive cooling is not part of our design methodology, but we can incorporate some ideas into our homes to reduce energy costs.

Real estate investors and homeowners should be forewarned that water damage can occur when turning on this utility. There is a possibility of damage from other utilities too.