This article was originally published July 9, 2012. As the temperatures rise, you start worrying about your air-conditioning bill and hope that somewhere, somehow you can find a new, improved and ...

The attic accounts for a tremendous amount of lost energy. This space can reach up to 165 degrees in summer months. When this heat makes its way into the rest of the building, energy efficiency drops ...

Question: Your article on radiant barriers made me think that while these might be good in many ways, there seems to be a basic flaw in the system. If heat is radiated back out of the attic, it has to ...

Still stinging from summer utility bills the size of a hefty car payment and looking toward another long cooling season, North Texans want relief. BEN TORRES/Special Contributor Jose Luis Contreras ...

Q. I’ve been thinking about what you wrote recently about using foil radiant barriers in an attic to keep it cooler in hot weather and wonder if I could spray silver paint under the roof decking and ...

Q. What is your take on using two-sided aluminum material in the attic over existing insulation? I’ve been told it is an idea from NASA that uses material like this to protect astronauts in space. A ...

Question: We live in Florida and would like to put a radiant barrier in our attic. Will we see much of a difference in our utility bills? What about putting one of these barriers in the wall siding as ...

The summer routine: Start the ignition, reach for the air-conditioning controls and crank up the fans to subzero temperatures. But it's still too hot to hang on to the steering wheel. The sun pierces ...

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Q: What is your take on using two-sided aluminum material in the attic over existing insulation? I've been told it is an idea from NASA that uses material like this to protect astronauts in space. A ...