Dr. Energy Saver Syracuse Videos

  The rim joist, for those who are not familiar with building terms, is the edge of the wood floor framing system. It sits on top of the foundation walls, secured to the sill plate. In a typical home, the rim joist area is a huge source of energy loss. It ...

  The typical basement is fairly easy to heat during the winter. A large portion of it is buried in the ground, and the ground temperature is quite constant year-round. Why then are most basements so cold and uncomfortable during the winter time? Why are they such a huge source of ...

  On episode 50 of the "On The Job" web series, Larry Janesky, owner and founder of Dr. Energy Saver, demonstrates how different types of insulation materials perform when exposed to fire. In Episode 51, he continues to compare insulation materials, by showing the differences in performance of two types of materials ...

In this 50th episode of the "On The Job" web series, Larry Janesky does something a little different. Rather than walking us through a recent project, he takes us to Dr. Energy Saver's National Energy Conservation Center - a 40,000 sq. ft. training facility at the company's headquarters in Seymour ...

  On this episode of Dr. Energy Saver's "On the Job" series, Larry Janesky, founder of Dr. Energy Saver discusses the importance of an energy efficient attic, and shows us why it should be the number one priority in terms of energy-efficient upgrades with this spray foam attic insulation project. The typical ...

  On this episode of Dr. Energy Saver's "On the Job" series, Larry Janesky, founder of Dr. Energy Saver discusses the importance of an energy efficient attic, and shows us why it should be the number one priority in terms of energy-efficient upgrades with this spray foam attic insulation project. The typical ...

  On this episode of the "On the Job" series, Larry Janesky -- owner and founder of Dr. Energy Saver -- and his team of home energy experts tackle comfort issues in this home by addressing basement insulation located in the rooms beneath this home's porch. The porch outside features a thick ...

  Can lights (or recessed lights) became so popular in recent years that many new homes these days are built with them, so they are already installed when the homeowners move in. Compared to other common overhead features, can lights are easier to clean and maintain, and the light output helps divide ...

Unusual architectural features, such as multi-level attics make a home unique by giving it personality and helping to define the building's style. Larry Janesky, owner and founder of Dr. Energy Saver, demonstrates how these charming features can significantly impact the home in terms of energy efficiency.Multi-level attics create spaces that are ...

  In this episode of the On The Job Video series, Larry Janesky, owner and founder of Dr. Energy Saver, helps a homeowner solve a common problem in many homes: cold floors in rooms above the garage. In most homes, the garage is an unconditioned, unheated space. For that reason, the rooms ...

This 80-year old cape-style house is a Sears, Roebuck and Co. home, from when they used to sell houses through a catalogue. The home's attic and wall cavities were previously insulated by Dr. Energy Saver and Larry Janesky's team is now back on the job to perform additional energy efficient ...

Larry Janesky, owner and founder of Dr. Energy Saver is On the Job again, this time helping the owner of this ranch-style house make his home more comfortable year round. As it happens with all one-story buildings the temperatures in this ranch house were being greatly impacted by the temperatures ...

In this home, Dr. Energy Saver replaced the old oil furnace with an energy-efficient propane heat pump. The heat pump is so efficient at extracting all the heat out of the combustion gases and distributing heated air throughout the house, that the exhaust vents can be run through PVC pipes ...

In this episode of the On the Job series, Larry Janesky, owner and founder of Dr. Energy Saver, walks us through the many ways they made a typical cape house more energy efficient. This cape had poor attic insulation and serious air leakage, which increased the homeowner's energy bills and caused ...

Knee wall spaces are small spaces commonly found in combination with cathedral or sloped ceilings in finished attics, behind a short wall, and come with or without a small door to access the area. Typically these spaces are treated as if they were outside the thermal boundary of the house. They ...