Genesee Crest Ltd.

Your number one home improvement and handyman specialist
Is your home energy efficient? Does your home have adequate insulation? Have you ever considered superinsulation? It is predicted that the cost of heating a home or business in the coming winter of 2008 - 2009 will double from last years cost. Given the current state of the economy and the availability of fossil fuels, do you think things will be any better in the coming years? If you are a home owner located in Ohio or any other state the question I believe you should be asking: Does my home have enough insulation? What would be the benefits to a home owner in Ohio for adding insulation as a home improvement project?

"Although some home improvement elements could be argued as a recouped investment when one considers the resale market value of the home (e.g. kitchen & bath upgrades), most remodeling projects do not recoup their total investment. In addition, most new products used in the remodeling will age and depreciate. Improving energy efficiency is the one remodeling element that as an investment will have a continued annual return regardless of the resale market value(and installing additional insulation is the best and first place to start)." National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Located in Old Snowmass Colorado, where winter temperatures reach -40 degrees, sits the Rocky Mountain Institute. The Rocky Mountain Institute is a totally energy efficient building, well insulated, superinsulated, and even with temperatures reaching -40 degrees, has only the occasional need for their two small wood burning stoves to heat the 4000 square foot building. The building is super insulated and uses passive solar for heating. The building is also cool in the summer without the need of an air conditioner. The Rocky Mountain Institute puts out a series of Home Energy Briefs that explain how to make your home more energy efficient. Another good resource for making your home more energy efficient is the SEER Report "Strategies for Energy Efficient Remodeling"

The mission of Genesee Crest Ltd. is to help homeowners around in Ohio make their homes more comfortable and energy efficient. I accomplish that mission by doing the home improvements that will ensure your home is more energy efficient, less drafty, better insulated and your energy bill is lowered. Some homes will need insulation, most can use superinsulation. Others may need new siding, doors or windows. When installing siding we use will use quality insulation boards like polyisocyanurate instead of the cheap fanfold insulation that most contractors use. The doors, windows, sun rooms and passive solar heating systems that we build and install are Energy Star rated for energy efficiency. Simply put, our mission is to make your home more energy efficient, not to install cheap, low quality products that may "look good". We also offer for the Do It Yourself client, a consulting service. For a fee you home will be completely evaluated to Energy Star and LEED-H standards and a written report issued detailing our findings including recommendations for your home improvement project.

It used to be considered cost prohibitive to do "green" home improvements and remodeling. Not so today. Although the cost associated with green home improvements and achieving an Energy Star Rating for your home is higher than that of traditional remodeling and construction, the cost of operating a home with an Energy Star Rating is 10-20% lower. Energy Star rated homes and buildings also sell for an average of $61 per square foot more than comparable buildings. Commercial buildings with a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating sells for an average of $171 per square foot more than comparable buildings. Think about it, your home with a proper amount of insulation and maybe even superinsulated, with Energy Star rated windows, doors and appliances will be a valuable asset to not only you, but when the time comes to sell, a valuable home in a market full of not so energy efficient and expensive to heat and cool homes.

The Genesee Crest Home Improvement Guarantee.
For those that desire to have a low energy bill for heating and cooling their home, we will design and install the necessary home improvement items needed. Genesee Crest guarantees that we can renovate any residential home so that that home will use no more that $50 worth of energy on average, per month, for heating and cooling. This assumes a thermostat setting of 70 degrees year a round. If upon designing and installing the necessary items to bring your home energy bill down to $50, the bill does not go that low, we will pay your home energy bill for one year.

Genesee Crest Ltd. offers our energy efficient home improvement services, quality home improvements and handyman service within 30 miles of the Lima and Wapakoneta area of Ohio.