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Friday October 30 is National Weatherization Day. Mark Halloween with this opportunity to celebrate the positive potential of residential weatherization and our green economic recovery.
Reduce your home's heating and cooling costs through proper insulation and air sealing techniques. As an added befit, you will be reducing your environmental impact and your home will be more comfortable.
Any air sealing efforts will complement your insulation efforts, and vice versa. Proper moisture control and ventilation strategies will improve the effectiveness of air sealing and insulation, and vice versa. Energy vampires leave holes in your home . Cool cities provides a breakdown of home energy wasters in the pie chart below. 
Therefore, a home's energy efficiency depends on a balance between all of these elements:
Air sealing
Insulation
Moisture control
Ventilation
A proper balance between all of these elements will help you evict energy vampires.
Download a free Sierra Club Halloween Efficiency Flyer.
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