lower utility costs: Basement Insulation Lowers Energy Costs
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Basement Insulation Lowers Energy Costs By: Jeanne Huber Published: December 14, 2010 Add insulation to your basement to help lower heating and cooling costs by as much as $170 per year.
Where to add basement insulation You have two choices: Add insulation to your basement walls and treat the basement as indoor space, or add insulation to the basement ceiling and treat your basement as outdoor space. If you choose to treat your basement as outdoor space, you would close off all heating and cooling vents located in your basement-especially any vents on your furnace unit and on exposed HVAC (1 comments)