# Insulation Helps People, Pocketbooks, Planet

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2015/04/home-insulation-helps-people-pocketbooks-planet/
- Published: 2015-04-17T17:42:16-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

With Earth Day coming up on April 22nd, the North American Insulation Manufacturers
Association (NAIMA) wants you to know that home insulation is one of the best things
you can do to lower your energy bills. Also it helps improve your family’s health
and also reduce pollution.

Check out some of the benefits of insulation fromNAIMA:

#### **Cheaper**

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## **Energy Bill**

Proper home insulation can lower your energy bills by about **30 percent**. It is
also the simplest and most cost-effective way to reduce energy use in your home.

### **Better Health**

Insulation also has a public health benefit. A recent Harvard University [study](https://web.archive.org/web/20130617051355/http://www.naima.org:80/insulation-knowledge-base/public-health-benefits/proper-levels-of-insulation-contribute-to-public-health.html)
shows that adding insulation in homes results in 6,500 fewer asthma attacks and 
240 fewer premature deaths per year. This will save households around the country
about $1.3 billion per year. All in health care costs.

#### Cleaner Environment

There are approximately 46 million American homes that are under-insulated. If these
homes were properly insulated with fiber glass or rock and slag wool, America could
save more than 800 Trillion BTUs of energy every year, which will reduce air pollution.

In addition, NAIMA also has free resources to help you increase the energy efficiency
in your home. Moreover and help the environment. To learn more about the benefits
of insulation, visit [http://www.naima.org/insulation-knowledge-base/](https://web.archive.org/web/20151206114216/http://www.naima.org:80/insulation-knowledge-base/)

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