COVID-19 is affecting all of us.
Given recent developments of the Coronavirus (also referred to as the COVID-19 virus) across the world, we want to assure you that Ethical Home Pro is actively evaluating all business-related risks posed by this evolving public health situation.
Ethical Home Pro is an essential service provider under county, state and other municipal guidelines released in connection with the COVID-19 virus, and we remain open to serve our customers
As we continue to serve our customers each day, we are taking the following precautionary measures to keep ourselves, family members, vendors and customers safe, and free from infection:
- Washing our hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water are unavailable
- Refraining from touching eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands
- Equipping our field employees with an ample supply of hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, boot covers and gloves
- Social distancing, respecting the 6’ rule. We are not requiring signatures on paperwork and we will email your invoice if you prefer to be paperless.
- Requiring our employees to cover their mouths when coughing or sneezing with a tissue, and throwing the tissue in the trash
- Requiring our employees to stay home if they have flu-like symptoms, contact their health care provider, and follow the COVID-19 testing protocol including self-isolation where required
- Cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched objects and surfaces throughout our facilities
- Eliminating in-person meetings of more than a few individuals and always keeping a safe social distance as recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) and other health experts
- Avoiding all non-essential travel
- Staying up to date on CDC and World Health Organization updates
We want to ensure that when we send our technicians to you, they can take necessary health precautions to protect themselves and those they will interact with throughout the day. Please let our technicians or customer service representatives know if you or anyone in your household has traveled internationally in recent weeks, has a fever or flu-like symptoms, or may otherwise be ill. If any of our employees feel uncomfortable entering a customer's home due to the homeowner exhibiting symptoms of the virus, we have asked them to contact their direct supervisor immediately to determine next steps.
The safety and well-being of our customers and employees is our top priority, and as we strive to keep your home comfortable, we ask that all of us work closely together to adhere to the above guidelines. We appreciate your business and the opportunity to serve you, especially in this difficult time.
As always we are still offering contactless sales consultations and have many financing options including deferred payment options.
How Insulation Works
How Insulation Works
Insulation in your home provides resistance to heat flow. The more heat flow resistance your insulation provides, the lower your heating and cooling costs. Properly insulating your home not only reduces heating and cooling costs, but also improves comfort.
To understand how insulation works it helps to understand heat flow, which involves three basic mechanisms -- conduction, convection, and radiation. Conduction is the way heat moves through materials, such as when a spoon placed in a hot cup of coffee conducts heat through its handle to your hand. Convection is the way heat circulates through liquids and gases, and is why lighter, warmer air rises, and cooler, denser air sinks in your home. Radiant heat travels in a straight line and heats anything solid in its path that absorbs its energy.
Most common insulation materials work by slowing conductive heat flow and -- to a lesser extent -- convective heat flow. Radiant barriers and reflective insulation systems work by reducing radiant heat gain. To be effective, the reflective surface must face an air space.
Regardless of the mechanism, heat flows from warmer to cooler until there is no longer a temperature difference. In your home, this means that in winter, heat flows directly from all heated living spaces to adjacent unheated attics, garages, basements, and even to the outdoors. Heat flow can also move indirectly through interior ceilings, walls, and floors -- wherever there is a difference in temperature. During the cooling season, heat flows from the outdoors to the interior of a house.
To maintain comfort, the heat lost in the winter must be replaced by your heating system and the heat gained in the summer must be removed by your cooling system. Properly insulating your home will decrease this heat flow by providing an effective resistance to the flow of heat.
U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
