Henges Insulation|Kansas City fireplace and insulation contractor The leading contractor in the insulation and fireplace industries in the Kansas City area. 2011-01-29T13:41:32Z WordPress http://blog.hengesinsulation.com/feed/atom/ Kali Justus http://www.design-sherpa.com <![CDATA[Upgrading Insulation Key To Going Green]]> http://blog.hengesinsulation.com/?p=1029 2011-01-27T13:57:00Z 2011-01-29T13:41:32Z Upgrading your home’s insulation is always one of the top recommendations for going green. That’s because there are tremendous environmental and cost benefits to having a well-insulated home. Upgrading insulation is one of “Organic Architect” Eric Corey Freed’s Top 5 go-green tips, recently featured on Inhabitat. “The more, the better,” says Freed. In fact, Freed calls wrapping your home in insulation “probably the most important factor you can control in creating an energy-efficient home.” The story goes on to explain that about half your home’s heating and cooling will escape through the walls, windows, floors, and roof.

Freed suggests performing an energy audit on your home or surveying it with an infrared scanner or thermal radiometer to find out where to add insulation. To add on the environmental benefits, select eco-friendly insulation such as blow-in cellulose insulation, which is made with recycled newspaper.

Ask us about Henges’ own trademarked HighTEC Homes Exclusive Energy Efficient Insulation Package

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]]> 0 Kali Justus http://www.design-sherpa.com <![CDATA[Get a Clear View with New Majestic See-Thru Fireplace]]> http://blog.hengesinsulation.com/?p=1024 2011-01-27T13:41:10Z 2011-01-27T13:41:10Z

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With fireplaces becoming more and more of a design statement in the home, fireplace manufacturers, such as Majestic, are exploring the depths of style innovation with contemporary new looks. The new Majestic STLDVD Pearl Designer See-Thru fireplace allows you to enjoy the warmth and ambiance of the fireplace in two rooms with its wide, unobstructed tempered glass face. With several accessory options, you can customize the fireplace with interior dimmable accent lights, decorative brick or porcelain panels, and stone and glass kits in diamond, onyx, emerald, sapphire, and bronze.

You don’t have to sacrifice performance for style, though. The new Majestic See-Thru fireplace burns natural gas or propane gas and includes touchscreen control of the three-step flame height, the ability to vent horizontally or vertically, and a premium log set and glowing ember bed.

Contact Henges Insulation & Fireplaces in Kansas City for more information or to purchase.

]]> 0 Kali Justus http://www.design-sherpa.com <![CDATA[Knauf Insulation Presents Eco-Friendly Advancements at Builders Show]]> http://blog.hengesinsulation.com/?p=1020 2011-01-20T15:11:41Z 2011-01-22T15:02:43Z The manufacturer of some of our eco-friendly insulation products, Knauf Insulation, was an exhibitor at the 2011 International Builders Show last week in Orlando, Fla. Based in Shelbyville, Ind., Knauf Insulation “supplies sustainable high performance insulation products for enhanced energy efficiency in buildings.” At the residential building industry’s largest trade show, Knauf Insulation highlighted several achievements in the past year that demonstrates the company’s commitment to the environment, including:

  • Use of recycled glass bottles (up 50%) in our fiber glass insulation;
  • Reclamation and reuse vented heat at our factories;
  • Development of the most advanced compression packaging technology in the world to reduce the transport emissions of our distribution operations, and for our customers;
  • Development of revolutionary ECOSE® Technology to replace petroleum-based chemicals (e.g. phenol and formaldehyde) used in traditional insulation, leading to a 70% reduction in binder embodied energy. –buildersshow.com

Learn how you can save up to $500 in tax credits on eco-friendly insulation, including Knauf Insulation EcoBatt and EcoSeal.

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