New Post: Make Your Home More Energy-Efficient! As a home inspector in the Central Maryland and Pennsylvania region, I come across a lot of different homes and I see a lot of ways homes can improve energy efficiency. Inspecting everything from new construction homes to both original-condition and renovated older homes from multiple generations of home-building technologies gives us home inspectors a unique view into home energy efficiency (or lack thereof). We get to see construction and building and insulation materials that often span a hundred years or more worth of building science and technology! Here in the Central Maryland and Pennsylvania area, we are still in the summer season and our homes are and have been working hard to keep us comfortable and cool. But, within the next month or so, we will once again see the seasons change as Fall comes to bear the cooler temperatures as a precursor to what Old Man Winter has in store for us later! As homeowners who want to protect our investments and spend our energy dollars efficiently, taking a little bit of time now to do some checks and some home maintenance can go a long way toward meeting those goals. Read further to find some easy ways you can improve the energy efficiency of your home and let your hard-earned dollars stretch further for you when cooling and/or heating your home....