Proposal

RESEARCH PROPOSAL

The proposed research project is to upgrade the insulation in a cost effective manor to and exciting house to further increase the efficiency of the house.
Purpose
The purpose of the project is to find a great enough savings to the home owner, to have upgrading an old houses insulation worth while to everyone and hopefully will have some people seeing seeing the savings they could be having and possible make them upgrade their insulation and help the planet become a little more green.
Goals and Objectives
The goals and objectives are to get people saving money by seeing the benefits of upgrading their insulation in their older homes, and in turn helping the earth become a much greener place. Today people are focusing on making new homes greener but that only helps so much many people still live in older homes and aren’t going to go out and buy a new home anytime soon. So if all those people with older less efficient house see the benefit of upgrading a few might.
Methodology and Analytical Approach
I plan to use my father’s house as a case study it is an older home in need of an upgrade to the insulation. I have access to his current energy uses per month and will look at how much he could save by upgrading the insulation and how much it will cost. I will also see what will be the best method, like should the old insulation be taken right out all together or should new insulation just be added in addition to the existing insulation.
Previous Studies and Related Information
I will be using published textbooks on insulation to learn a lot of information on insulating, different insulation types and methods of installing insulation. Such texts as
-Keeping the Heat in
-This Cold House
-Architecture in a Climate of Change
-Insulation Hand Book
-Insulating, Sealing & Ventilating your House
Plans for Dissemination of Work
I will be creating a blog for every one to view and keeping it updated with my progression threw the report and anything interesting I have found.
Contribution of the Project to your Academic Goals and Objectives
This project will further extend my understanding in green design and insulation standards and will allow me to suggest ways for people to upgrade their homes and save some money will at the same time helping the environment.

Proposed by Jordan Kuzmiuk

Welcome

Hi my name is Jordan Kuzmiuk and i've created this blog to allow people to follow my research project on insulation upgrading of older homes i hope for this information to be of use to some people looking to save on energy costs