Spray Polyurethane Foam Plays Crucial Role In Improving Home Performance

CHICAGO, IL – February 6, 2014 – Understanding home building, and possessing the key ingredients to maximize building performance, is the M.O. of Smart Sealed Insulation (SSI). Based in Chicago, Illinois and serving the greater Chicago area, SSI prides itself on providing impeccable customer service for all applications rendered: home performance retrofits, energy audits, and spray polyurethane foam insulation application, as well as fiberglass and cellulose insulation applications.

"We know buildings and we know what needs to be done to improve them," said SSI's Joanne DeSanctis. "A combined 50 years of experience and knowledge in home performance gives us a big heads up and allows us to properly suit our clients' needs. We approach our work with contractors and homeowners like we are actual builders, because we know how to provide the greatest energy efficiency possible by understanding how buildings work as a system."

SSI has 25 employees on staff, which includes professionally trained field installers, general contractors, BPI-certified auditors, and a licensed architect. Since 2009, SSI's team has provided energy solutions to their customers with spray foam insulation and also with the installation of spray foam roof systems. SSI makes it a point to keep their staff up-to-date with the latest advancements in energy efficiency in order to provide a whole-house solution, which consists of improving the comfort of living spaces, reducing energy consumption, and keeping a home energy-efficient.

"We excel in home performance because we are familiar with energy use and energy loss," said DeSanctis. "Our depth of knowledge of building science and construction is only exceeded by the results we provide with the use of materials such as spray foam insulation, which is an environmentally-friendly, crucial component for a home's heating and cooling performance."

DeSanctis mentioned that SSI distinguishes itself as a one-stop shop, meaning they prefer to work with contractors, remodelers, architects, and property owners who understand the benefits of the diagnostic tool derived from energy assessments that can lead to insulation rebates and tax credits.

SSI's assessors conduct the energy audits with state-of-the art equipment. For residential sites, the audit usually take up about two to three hours. The audit includes a blower-door test, thermographic imaging, and combustion safety testing off the mechanical units. Afterwards, a report is prepared that shows the exact location of air and energy leaks and the SSI crew points out what steps to take to permanently stop these leaks.

SSI is an OSHA-compliant company and their home performance improvement plans are geared to benefit indoor quality, and reduce energy use up to 40 percent in existing homes and new constructions.