If you’re looking at renovating a room, your exterior, or a major construction project involving multiple parts of your home, you’re probably focusing on the form and function of your home. But beyond the use and joy a remodel might bring, it’s also worth considering improving home performance during renovations. Learn how you can improve comfort and air quality while reducing utility costs by incorporating home performance during renovations.
Why Improve Home Performance During Renovations?
Home renovations are more than just expensive; they are extensive. Contractors will be tearing up floors, knocking out walls, and replacing features both apparent and hidden. If you’re going to have the expense and inconvenience of home renovations, you should get the most out of it.
- Improve Air Quality: Installing better ventilation, especially in areas of high air pollution and humidity, such as around cooking or steam, can improve air quality and reduce the conditions that lead to mold growth.
- Improve Comfort: During remodeling, it’s important to maintain proper airflow and to properly place vents and ducts. It can also be an opportunity to improve it, including new insulation, air sealing, and whole house ventilation systems.
- Improve Energy Efficiency: Better insulation, reduced air leaks, and more energy-efficient appliances mean you can achieve long-term savings with lower utility bills and less strain on your heating and cooling systems.
Common Types of Home Performance Renovation Projects
Every homeowner has different priorities when it comes to home renovations and remodels, but almost all can be enhanced by home performance upgrades. Below are some common examples:
- Installing a stove hood during a kitchen remodel.
- Improving ventilation with a new fan during a bathroom remodel.
- Installing energy efficient doors and windows during siding replacement.
- Improving insulation when finishing a basement or attic.
- Ventilation and insulation improvements and replacements when adding or removing walls, floors, and rooms.
Work With Home Performance Renovators
If you’re considering incorporating home performance renovations into your project, the best place to start is by talking to home performance experts who also do renovations. In many circumstances, getting a home evaluation (air quality testing and an energy audit) before finalizing the plans helps uncover any issues and incorporate them into a renovation plan that meets your needs and improves the performance of your home.
St. Louis Home Performance Renovations
At Greenmark Home Performance, we know that home renovations and remodels are often one-time projects that have to be done right, including home performance aspects. It’s why we offer home evaluations and energy audits before home renovation and ventilation services start: meaning that before plans are drafted and tarps laid, you know the issues with your home and our suggested solutions, backed by diagnostic data and our years of experience. If you’re in the St. Louis area, schedule an evaluation today or call us at (314) 845-9144 to get started.
