Whole Home Road Map: A Phased Approach to Home Upgrades

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Making energy efficiency upgrades to your home can provide many benefits—like more comfort and lower heating and cooling bills—but the initial cost of services can be difficult for many Midcoast Maine families. It is ideal to tackle your home’s efficiency upgrades all at once so you can take immediate advantage of all the improved comfort and lower utility bills. However, there’s no rule book that states you need to make home performance upgrades in a single project. In fact, you can sometimes increase your savings by staggering services over a few years.

At Evergreen Home Performance, we can help you develop a plan to phase in services and make your home more energy efficient at your own pace. By upgrading your home one step at a time, you can take the biggest advantage of available incentives and still reach your energy efficiency goals—using what we call the Whole Home Road Map.

Efficiency Starts with an Energy Audit

Before making any performance upgrades to your home, we always recommend starting with an energy audit. By getting a comprehensive look into how well your home is performing, you can gain valuable insight into where it needs improvement.

The team at Evergreen Home Performance will give you detailed and customized recommendations to what services will optimize your home comfort, lower your energy bills, and improve energy efficiency. From there, we can help you create a Whole Home Road Map for completing the upgrades in phases at a pace that works for you and your budget. We use the latest in building science, like  infrared thermography and blower door testing, to pinpoint the air leaks and insulation inefficiencies causing your home’s energy loss and then again to verify your improvements once your project is complete.

Take Advantage of Home Performance Incentives

As part of the Whole Home Road Map, the experienced technicians at Evergreen Home Performance can help you determine what energy efficient home improvements qualify for rebates and how you can claim them. With our help you can have a clear plan for home upgrades and know what to expect through every step of the process when applying for efficient home rebates and incentives in Maine.

Evergreen Home Performance: Your Whole Home Experts

As building scientists we take energy efficiency seriously. Whether you’re looking to decrease your heating & cooling costs or fix a musty basement, our team is qualified to help solve your home comfort and energy issues. We also perform a follow up energy audit at the end of every home performance upgrade to measure its effectiveness.

Are you ready to start your journey to energy efficiency? Let Evergreen Home Performance help!

Get started with a free consultation. Call 207-594-2244 or contact us online.

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From start to finish, our experience was incredible. Justin was extremely helpful. The crew was fast, friendly, and efficient. And most importantly, our home is WAY warmer and our heating is less costly. I'd highly recommend evergreen to anyone looking to upgrade their home!

John S.

South Portland

Evergreen did an amazing job insulating our historic home. Their professional staff worked hard to ensure the tough areas in the attic were covered, and clearly communicated their progress. We are seeing the results with our discounted heating bills. Thank you, Evergreen!

Melissa Knoll

Portland

I used to spend winters in the bathtub because my house was so cold. This was my first winter roaming around my whole house comfortably. This even led me to decorate a little. My heating oil usage has been reduced by over a quarter: I rarely have to boost the thermostat because the temp stays at a constant. The Efficiency Maine rebates, together with the energy savings, make it affordable for me to pay for the loan I took out to finance the project. I do not worry about my pipes freezing.

Claire Helene Bevan

Camden

Last week, my oil company asked if we were using some other kind of fuel because our usage was so much less than they had expected We are very happy with the results; the house is much more comfortable

Steve T.

St. George

The Evergreen crew from initial inception to installation were professional, on time, and left our place spotless. The end result was exceptional.

John Brown

Evergreen was so helpful in securing us Efficiency Maine funding for a big attic insulation project early this winter. They did all of the paperwork, and totally guided us through a vermiculite removal process that included a payment from a trust for the procedure. I could instantly feel the second floor being so much warmer than before. The boiler does not kick on nearly as frequently since they completed the job. It was worth every penny! Brian Robinson was so thorough throughout the whole process including a full walk through after the job had been completed.

Todd W.

Camden

Evergreen is a terrific company to deal with. Polite and efficient crews, meeting deadlines and major reduction in our heat bills. They corrected a lot of issues we suffered from doing work with a shoddy building contractor. We would recommend them to anyone.

Mary Carey

Several years ago Brian Robinson evaluated the crawl space at my summer home on Islesboro where I knew moisture was becoming a problem. I had done quite a bit of work in the space many years prior with mixed results. When Brian offered some suggestions, they were ideas that incorporated work previously done, and would be a relatively low cost effort to improve the situation. He offered this advice over several phone conversations of some length, informally, and at no charge.

Cliff R.

Islesboro

We just finished a large project air sealing and reinsulating our 1890s basement and attic. It had been completely renovated 8 years ago, but still felt cold, and lacked proper energy assessment and corrections. We met with Justin in December and were very impressed with his knowledge, professionalism and communication skills and knew Evergreen was who we wanted to work with. Dave was our on hands project manager and was excellent. The office staff has been quick to respond and helpful as well when needed.

E Gallant

Kennebunk

I never leave reviews, but had a great experience with Evergreen and wanted to spread the word! In short, we worked with them to insulate our roof this winter and have noticed surprising immediate results. The constant ice dams I have wrestled with are completely gone, and the home is noticeably more comfortable. It's a little too early to tell if our oil bill is going to reduce, but I imagine we will see an impact there as well.

Joel W.

Portland

Great team!

George S.

Bath

They were highly recommended. I found them to be very knowledgeable and so helpful, with practical ideas. Despite my not living within their service area, they were generous with their knowledge, describing the usual solutions to correct leaks in my basement, and what the result is likely to be by following path A, B or C, and why. I was discouraged. Talking with Evergreen helped me see that my basement problems are far from insurmountable and really, fairly common in 100-year old homes. There are proven solutions.

Rosalind J

Damariscotta

We needed basement encapsulation to stop moisture coming up into the house from our regularly flooding basement. We had mold growing on windowsills and furniture. All the staff were friendly, respectful of our home, and easy to work with. Humidity has gone from 70% down to 40% and mold has not grown back after two months. Very grateful.

Sarah C.

Belfast

We are so pleased with the work the team from Evergreen Home Performance did in our home. The project included encapsulation of our basement with a reinforced vapor barrier, installation of a sump pump, spray foam insulation on the walls and insulation of the heating duct work. Everyone at Evergreen was friendly and professional. The project was completed on time and in budget. Our home is much cozier and warmer since the project was completed.

Linda Metzger

Evergreen did everything they said they would and more. I actually don't mind going into the basement now since they sealed it. The air quality in the house is noticeably better and it's warmer in the winter. We can even store clothing down there where before, whatever was in there would mildew. Even the spider population declined! I used to vacuum so many of them from the corners of the ceilings in the house. Not any more!

Loriel Van Dusen

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