Bad Air, High Energy Bills, Hot Rooms, Oh My!

By RTM Design | July 26, 2019
Overheated overstressed middleaged man wipes his head

Are You Breathing Bad Air?   Did you know that the biggest reasons for poor Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), high energy bills, and uneven room temperatures in your home is often leaky duct work?     According to Sam Rashkin, chief architect of the Building Technologies Office in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency…

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Are Your Air Ducts Costing You Money?

By RTM Design | June 21, 2019
Rooms in home with leaky ducts means some rooms are too hot while others are too cold

Your air ducts shouldn’t cost you money, but they do! Consider these findings from studies by the Department of Energy: On average, 30 cents of every $1 spent on heating and cooling a home disappears into thin air due to leaky ducts. 25% to 60% of heated and cooled air doesn’t make it to its…

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