ISSUE: Homeowners in Connecticut were looking for an easy way to reduce their heating bills during the cold season and make their home more comfortable year-round.

Heating Oil Use in Gallons:

This equated to a savings of 41% in heating oil use, and a dollar savings of approximately $665.56 per year

*Cost per year was calculated using the July 16, 2007 figure for the average Connecticut regional retail heating oil price ($2.61 per gallon). Source: State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (www.opm.state.ct.us).

ISSUE: With a nationwide heat wave and rising energy costs, this homeowner was looking for an economical way to reduce the heat transfer into his attic, bring down the attic temperature and reduce the amount of energy consumption used for heating and cooling his home.

With the heat wave that has been experienced over the nation in the past month, the owner of the house put thermometers in the attic monitoring the heat throughout the day. During the late afternoons with the outside temperature at 104 F, the inside of the attic was 143 F.

The initial application covered 1/3 of the attic with 3 coats and 2/3 of the attic with 2 coats. The crew returned two weeks later to apply the 3rd coat the rest of the attic. They noted that the temperature outside was 103 F, (it was 3 hours earlier than the first application and at the peak of the heat for the attic). The temperature of the attic was 101 F, a 42 degree drop from the uncoated temperature.

The team continued coating the duct work, the A/C units which are in the attic, plus the ceiling of the attic. With the third coat over the other 2/3 of the attic now done, the applicators and owner expect even better heat reduction results.

ISSUE: The issues of energy consumption and green building were important to this homeowner, who was looking for a way to insulate his home with an environmentally friendly product that would also save on energy use.

Nansulate® Translucent GP and Top Coat were used to coat the home's interior walls and ceilings.

The homeowner was very pleased with the results and is realizing a 40% savings in energy costs as well as reduced time for the home to cool off in the summer and heat up in the winter. The fact that Nansulate is water-based and environmentally friendly also made it an excellent addition to the 'green building' environment in TorC, New Mexico.

Customer Comments from Marc Izzard, Truth or Consequences, NM:

"We are really pleased with the 40% savings in energy cost and the swiftness at which it (the house) cools off and heats up. I even coated the claw foot tub in it so the water stays hotter longer!...I tell my friends about it because it really works. You could heat that house with a votive candle and a blow dryer now that it has the nanotech coating on it."