<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We had a series of unimpressive visits (make that visits from RISE) in which none of them thought to ask re: knob and tube (among other work-stopping features they forgot about to ask about) so they recommended thousands of dollars worth of insulation etc - we went with a small fraction but when the sub-contracted firm showed up to do the work, they basically said knob and tube in the walls = can't do any work. Didn't they ask you in your inspection? No, our inspection was passed with flying colors - twice!</font><div>
<br></div><div>So the two inspectors never picked up on it and the RISE supervisor that showed up that day to remedy the situation tried to strike a bargain of some additional work in it's place (which would also run the risk of damaging our electrical system) which we promptly declined.</div>
<div><br></div><div>We got the financing through National Grid and had our oil-gas conversion done by a separate contractor and that was great but the RISE end of it was basically a complete waste of time. And it took more than 6 months for RISE to get back to me about how to deal with the check (that had been cut back in the summer as part of the financing) - they basically wrote it off and we returned the check to the bank 8 months later.</div>
<div><br></div><div style>We had three of those blower tests - 2 before any work was done and 1 after - we had some air sealing in the basement which took 1/2 the day as part of the deal and our energy effieciency was exactly the same at the end of the day so I'm not sure what the point was? At least it didn't cost us anything (but time) when it was all over.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I would take everything they say with a grain of salt and talk to an independent contractor before taking up any of their recommendations particularly re insulation. We did and it turns out that 80% of what they recommended would have done basically NOTHING for us energy wise. Not sure why NG keeps using these guys? </div>
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<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Message: 1</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 15:57:26 -0400</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">From: Andrew Nosal <</span><a href="mailto:andy@mapcenter.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">andy@mapcenter.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">To: "</span><a href="mailto:summit@sna.providence.ri.us" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">summit@sna.providence.ri.us</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">" <</span><a href="mailto:summit@sna.providence.ri.us" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">summit@sna.providence.ri.us</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Subject: Re: [Summit] Energy Efficiency Inspection?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Message-ID: <</span><a href="mailto:3ACAFDF5-F648-45E2-8451-DF012DA21FC6@mapcenter.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">3ACAFDF5-F648-45E2-8451-DF012DA21FC6@mapcenter.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Attic insulation, snug windows and doors, careful sealing of other gaps in exterior walls and enclosing the wall cavities so they do not act as chimneys give a faster payoff than wall insulation, so if you already have those improvements, there is not much left to improve.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">More importantly, If cellulose in your wall gets wet, as it can from ice dams, it stays wet and rots your sill. Without the cellulose an intermittent or undetected leak will take a long time to do serious damage.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">RISE does seem to push the cellulose in the walls, but their other information is useful and so are the lamps.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Message: 2</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 20:26:43 -0400</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">From: Anthony <</span><a href="mailto:anthony.f.arrigo@gmail.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">anthony.f.arrigo@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">To: </span><a href="mailto:summit@sna.providence.ri.us" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">summit@sna.providence.ri.us</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Subject: [Summit] Energy Efficiency Inspection</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Message-ID: <</span><a href="mailto:760DE6E7-13C0-44F8-8BFD-2A2AE0B7A50F@gmail.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">760DE6E7-13C0-44F8-8BFD-2A2AE0B7A50F@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Welcome to the neighborhood Christopher! We also had an energy audit through RISE with the idea of getting insulation blown into our first floor. We have a 1930's bungalow and worked with RISE through National Grid. We had to get an electrician to come out to verify that we didn't have any knob and tube, sign a form stating such, and then everything went from there. They did a blower door energy audit before and after the insulation and showed us our ratings and a thermal scan before and after. We also got a significant rebate from National Grid. I think it ended up costing us $500 total for the entire first floor, all the way around the house.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Anthony</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Christopher Buecheler <</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<a href="mailto:cwbuecheler@gmail.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">cwbuecheler@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> wrote:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> Hi all,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> First off, a quick greeting and introduction! My wife and I moved into our</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> condo in January and I've been reading this email list since February, but</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> haven't yet participated. We're on 4th St. by Seven Stars, and looking</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> forward to spending the next several years here in Summit ... especially</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> once they finish tearing up our street and we don't have to listen to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> construction all day!</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> Anyway, I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for who I could go to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> for an energy efficiency inspection ... preferably a company that's not</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> going to try and sell me something at the end. I'd rather pay for the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> report and know that the guy doing it isn't thinking "how can I sell these</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> people some insulation?" rather than getting a "free" report that I can't</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> trust.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> If anyone knows any services of this type, I'd appreciate it!</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> Thanks,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> --</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> -Christopher Buecheler - @cwbuecheler</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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