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Remediation Services
Sustainable
Spaces offers a wide range of construction services. We are
a true turnkey operation, and our aim is to make it easy for you to bring
your house up to health and Energy Star efficiency compliance. Sustainable
Spaces is a one-stop shop, taking care of all permits and construction.
You can feel confident that we will get the job done right and on time.
Sustainable Spaces works with reputable licensed contractors
throughout the bay area to provide a wide range of services. All work
is performance based and quality assured by your Sustainable Spaces
account representative.
| Lighting Efficiency Retrofit: | Reduce energy consumption through the use of high efficiency lighting options. |
| Whole
House Air Filtration: |
Adding whole house HEPA air filtration systems will filter particles down to 1 um. |
| Duct Cleaning Cleaning: | Clean out dirty duct systems to remove air contaminants. |
| Duct
Sealing: |
Duct Leakage causes severe Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) problems, and increase energy use. The average duct system leaks 30% of conditioned air. |
| Water Filtration: | Reverse-osmosis units for areas with poor water quality, sediment filter & activated carbon filters for areas such as Marin with better water. |
| Appliance
Replacement: |
Chief candidates: Replacing top-loading washers to horizontal axis machines saves cold water, hot water, motor work and drying gas. Older inefficient refrigeration, dish washers, etc. |
| Insulation: |
Blow-in insulation to bring attics to and effective R-20. Typical older-home attics are R-10. Fix gaps in existing insulation. |
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Solar Attic Fan: |
For homes with attics and cooling loads. |
| Day Lighting: | Installing
skylights and solar light tubes to reduce lighting load. |
| Glazing: |
Replace older low efficiency windows with Low-E efficient glazing. |
| Pump Optimization: | Installing
correctly sized pumps with timers to manage load, can cut energy
costs by 50%. |
| Flash Hot Water: | Tankless water heaters used 40% less energy, have 30+ year lives and give endless hot water. |
| Mold Identification: | Identify mold and conducive conditions. Manage moisture and humidity which is the cause of mold. |
| Whole
house Fan: |
install Air evacuation fan to remove excess heated air. |
| Heating plant improvement: |
Condensing, 2-zone w/dampers, variable speed fan furnaces
save around 40% of the energy of a 20 year-old unit. |
| AC Improvement: |
Upgrading condensing units to high efficiency SEER 14 or greater
units. |
| Air
Sealing: |
A blow door / neutral smoke test will reveal areas for sealing, controlling home infiltration to a balance between IAQ and energy savings |
| Pipe insulation: |
Insulate hot water pipe and heater to improve efficiency. |
| Photovoltaics: | Installation Design and installation PV systems |
| Electric-to-Gas
Appliance Conversion: |
Washers & Electric water heaters and possible hot tubs are the primary targets. |
| Crawlspace
sealing |
Seal crawlspace to prevent moisture and air infiltration. |
