How to Keep Your House Cool in The Summer

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As summer has finally started heating up here in Midcoast Maine, many homeowners are struggling to keep cool as the temperatures rise. Many older homes in the area aren’t equipped with permanent cooling systems, making them stuffy and uncomfortable during the warmer months. But did you know that there are certain home performance upgrades that can help keep your home cool? 

At Evergreen Home Performance, we use a building science approach to home upgrades that view each part of your home as a small piece to a larger working system. With our comprehensive services and expertise in energy efficiency, we can help you keep your home comfortable during the summer. 

Insulation & Air Sealing Upgrades

It’s a common misconception that insulation only works in the winter. In fact, insulation keeps the heat out of your home in the summer in the same exact way it keeps the cold out in the winter—by creating a barrier that resists heat flow through your home. Gaps and cracks in your building envelope also make it susceptible to excess heat and humidity, allowing conditioned air to escape your home and creating negative pressure known as the stack effect. 

With insulation upgrades and air sealing from Evergreen Home Performance, your home will stay cooler longer throughout the summer and get other year-round benefits, like:

Why Insulation & Air Sealing Work Best When Combined

While insulation controls the heat flow in and out of your living spaces, air sealing eliminates energy waste from your home. The performance of insulation is optimized when combined with air sealing—and it can even extend the lifespan of your cellulose insulation!

We’ll Give You a Road Map to a More Comfortable Home

With a free consultation from our team of efficiency experts, we can evaluate your home’s performance and your energy needs to find areas where we can improve efficiency. After our inspection, we’ll provide you with a detailed list of recommendations—along with a few tips—to help you stay comfortable and optimize your whole-home performance.

At Evergreen Home Performance, we’ve helped thousands of Midcoast Maine families with their home comfort and efficiency issues since 2006. Our team of experts can help you stay cool and comfortable this summer, and for many more to come! Ready to get started? Call our team of efficiency experts today!

Maximize Your Savings With Incentives!

Evergreen Home Performance is committed to helping Maine homeowners find the right way to fit energy efficiency projects into their budgets and Efficiency Maine’ rebate program and the federal IRA Tax Credit go a long way to make things affordable.

Rebates

Insulation rebates through Efficiency Maine are an excellent opportunity for Maine homeowners. These rebates go toward the cost of your home improvement projects so you pay less for the same services. There are currently three rebate levels that Evergreen can help you qualify for, helping you earn up to a total of up to:

  • $4,000 for any income

  • $6,000 for moderate income

  • $8,000 for low income

Inflation Reduction Act Tax Credit

Homeowners can save up to 30% on qualifying home improvements for up to a $1,200 combined annual limit.

Ready to get started? Schedule your free consultation to learn more. Call 207-594-2244 or contact us online.

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Evergreen Home Performance shows its expertise from start to finish. Evergreen did three house projects in winter/spring/summer 2020 for me, attic insulation, crawl space under a porch insulation, and basement foam/vapor barrier. From my initial discussion with Bryan, I understood the reasons for choosing different types of insulation, the associated costs, and time estimates. Evergreen scheduled in advance, came when they said they would, and the crews were highly professional in their work and demeanor.

Iris S.

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

I had gotten estimates from several other companies, but Evergreen was in another league entirely with their professionalism. If you want the job done correctly, I couldn't recommend this company enough.

Rayna Mayo

Freeport

Thorough, smart, informative, integrated, and communicative -- that's how my experience was with Evergreen even with the covid interruption midstream. The team picked up where they left off, insulated basement and air sealed attic and knee wall in 100' temps under the eaves! This business group was a pleasure to work with.

Karen W.

Gray

From beginning to end – that is from the moment Justin McEdward stepped into our home to assess our energy conservation needs until the crew left – the Evergreen Home Performance process went absolutely smoothly. Justin made a thorough inspection and took pictures with an infrared camera. His proposal described the scope of work in detail, and he explained what we could expect the proposed work to accomplish. Our proposal was forthcoming within a couple of days, and Justin was available to discuss it and answer questions.

Adrienne Harkavy

We are thrilled with the job Evergreen did to transform our 213 year old home into a warm, draft-free, cozy space. The entire team led by Bruce was prompt, courteous, knowledgeable, and hard working. If Evergreen could transform our home in this way, we are sure they would make a comparable difference in YOUR home!

Jonathan M.

Bridgton

A thorough inspection of our (older) house and its energy needs. Competent and personable work crew.

Jacob Watson

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

Really great experience from start to finish with Evergreen. They helped us prioritize what needed to be completed first, and has made a significant difference in our hearing costs already. Plus they were really friendly and considerate to work with!

Amy W.

Kennebunk

Evergreen did a fantastic job replacing 28 windows in our house. They were friendly, courteous, and very detail oriented. Brian did a great job planning, estimating and executing the project. Our energy use has dropped significantly since the work was done.

Alex B.

Kittery

Nothing but good things to say. The guys that came and did the actual work were extremely nice and did a great job. The energy audit was thorough and I was presented with multiple improvement options, I was even given ideas for improvement that Evergreen didn't offer. I never felt like I was being "sold".

Ryan Adams

We absolutely loved our experience with Evergreen. The team was incredibly kind, professional and great to work with. We're very impressed with the quality of work of the Evergreen team and how easy they made everything! Our house had barely any insulation ahead of this project and the results are amazing. Insulating the attic, walls and basement with Evergreen allowed us to tear a 50-year-old furnace, ductwork and oil tank out of the basement and now heat the home with new heat pumps. Evergreen also added 100 sq ft of clean, new storage space to the attic!

Nick S.

South Portland

I would recommend Evergreen wholeheartedly because of their professionalism, their follow through, and thoughtful project planning.

Jennifer A

Evergreen is the "go-to" company for improving the efficiency of your home. There are others to choose from but none so effective, honest, and capable as Evergreen. They did a great quantity of dense packing cellulose to improve our home (both for energy efficiency and for sound insulation) and it was totally successful. They are on-time, helpful, and caring. They clean up to a level that can't be over emphasized. This was the second time we employed them and we'd use them again if the opportunity came. You'll not be sorry to select Evergreen.

Dirk F.

Belfast

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

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