0:16
Dillon Gillespie
0:56 - 1:13
“The building envelope is the system that separates the inside of your home from the outside environment. That includes things like the insulation in your attic, walls, and floors, your air sealing and vapor barriers, or the quality of your windows and doors.”
- Speaker
- Dillon Gillespie
- Timestamp
- 0:56 – 1:13
- Transcript
- GVEA: Home Energy Audit Basics
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Fairbanks
- Captured at
- November 4, 2026
From the transcript
And finally, we're gonna use myGVA to look at our real data and confirm what we're seeing. So what is the building envelope? And why is it important for your electrical bill? The building envelope is the system that separates the inside of your home from the outside environment. That includes things like the insulation in your attic, walls, and floors, your air sealing and vapor barriers, or the quality of your windows and doors.
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