Benton Green Energy

Benton Green Energy is South Carolina's premier home performance contractor. Our services include cellulose insulation, spray foam insulation, air & duct sealing, home energy audits, home performance upgrades, and Energy Star Ratings. No matter what size or type of job you have, we guarantee our house as a system approach will yield results. I wanted to let you know that the insulation in the room over our garage is working great! It was 87 degrees outside today, and the thermometer we had in the room read an arctic 71 degrees -- right where my wife likes it.

Duct sealing is one of the most important things you can do for your family's health and comfort. Each week, we find gaping holes in duct work and even some that's totally detached from the home and disconnected at various points. Toxins like mold, mildew and even deadly radon may be seeping into your home through holes in your duct work. Your indoor air quality can be up to five times more polluted than the air outside. Duct sealing is imperative if you or a family member suffers from Asthma or Allergies.

Many Greenville, SC homeowners find themselves dealing with drafty rooms year after year. Even though the weather stays relatively warm in South Carolina throughout much of the year, no one deserves to have to deal with an unwanted breeze moving through their home. What's the solution? Air seal your home and stop the drafts for good! Many homes throughout Greenville are loaded with tiny cracks and gaps, the majority of which usually go overlooked. As one might expect, these breaks in the building envelope can allow outside air to enter the home and inside, conditioned air to escape.

When it comes to making your home more comfortable and energy efficient, upgrading your attic insulation is one of the most important improvements you can make. Attic insulation stabilizes indoor temperatures by keeping valuable heated air from escaping through your roof in the winter and by preventing outside heat from radiating into the home in the summer. Here in Upstate SC where summers are especially hot, we recommend installing a radiant barrier as part of an attic insulation upgrade. The radiant barrier acts as a cap on your home that further controls heat flow into and out of the home.

Insulation plays an integral role in increasing your comfort in both winter and summer, lowering your utility bills, reducing outside noise, and improving your indoor air quality. However, many homes here in Upstate SC are under-insulated. Over the last few years, we have never seen a home that was not in need of insulation as per the Department of Energy code requirements; South Carolina building code calls for 33% less than their recommended amount. Whether your home is lacking sufficient levels of insulation, or your existing insulation has deteriorated over time due to moisture or pests, now is a good time to consider a home insulation upgrade.

Many homeowners in Upstate South Carolina are quick to blame their air conditioner or furnace when they aren't as comfortable as they'd like to be; but did you know the solution for greater indoor comfort could be just over your head? Attic insulation is one of the most important home upgrades you can make for year-round comfort and energy efficiency. At Benton Green Energy, we help homeowners throughout Upstate South Carolina feel more comfortable and save more money on their energy bills with expert attic insulation solutions.

Spray foam insulation is a state-of-the-art insulation product that dramatically increases a home's thermal performance. With a superior R-value and unmatched air sealing capabilities, it reduces air leakage while providing the best thermal performance of any insulation product on the market. Spray polyurethane foam has an R-value (thermal resistance) of approximately 6 per inch of installed insulation, making it one of the highest performance insulation products on the market. This means that your home will be warmer, and less drafty, even in conventionally framed construction.

Here in the Greenville area, we meet a lot of homeowners who put up with home issues like excess moisture, poor indoor air quality (IAQ), and pest infestation - without realizing those issues could all be stemming from one area of the house: the crawlspace. If these issues sound familiar and you're looking for ways to make your home healthier, now's the time to consider crawlspace encapsulation by the home performance experts at Benton Green Energy. Crawlspace encapsulation is the process of addressing drainage issues in the crawlspace and sealing the area to keep out excess moisture.

Just as your car needs to be maintained on a regular basis in order to operate at its peak capacity, so too does your home. Many Greenville, SC area homeowners go year after year without having their homes inspected to ensure that everything is operating the way it should be, meaning issues like poor air sealing, faulty HVAC systems and more can get worse and worse as time goes on. At Benton Green Energy, one of the most common issues we run into in homes over a decade old is poor insulation. Old, dirty and thin insulation won't do your home any favors in terms of energy efficiency, and it may even affect the health and safety of you and your family.