GreenSavers

We have been quite pleased with GreenSavers’s service and ‘product’ from beginning to end.
We found them through their Chinook Book coupon for a home energy audit. Two nice people came out, poked, prodded, crawled and noted their way around the house. They were pleasant to talk with, and patient with my general energy-​saving questions.
A week later, one of them returned to present a proposal for a variety of projects. We didn’t feel pressured to choose any one project. In fact, we told them that we’d need to pause the process.
After a few month’s diligent, professional follow-​up, they checked in at the right time and with the right news: we might be a contender for the Zonolite Attic Trust (ZAT)‘s 50% rebate on removing the vermiculite from our attic, air sealing the space, and then re-​insulating. Who would say ‘no’ to them coming by to pick up a sample of our insulation?
For better or worse, the result came back positive; we had vermiculite in our attic. With our permission, GreenSavers confirmed with the ZAT that we were candidates for the rebate. Woohoo!
But wait, we were having some remodeling done in the kitchen. Could we please have the vermiculite remediated immediately, but wait on air sealing and re-​insulating until that larger project was done? Sure, we were told. No problem.
Finally, when GreenSavers came back to do the work, they did so quickly and expertly. As far as I can tell, they sealed the heck out of our two knee wall spaces, and –according to our wishes– preserved some usable storage space by using a different type of insulation.
If you’re still reading, you get the gist: this is a company you can trust. When my friends ask for referrals on this type of work, I won’t hesitate to recommend GreenSavers.
For what it’s worth, Jennifer was our primary contact. She was very personable, professional and easy to work with.

Warm winters. Cold summers. No. It’s not about global warming, but rather the condition inside of my home. A turn of the century (1925) lathe and plaster home to be exact. After using scientific processes to determine how efficient or inefficient my energy use was, they devised a plan on how to save money on the utility bills. They installed insulation throughout my home. Venting where needed. And ceiling fans to remove trapped moisture from kitchen and bathroom. I got to choose where to get my loan (craft 3) and pick a utility through which I can pay my energy loan (NW Natural). My upgrades cost a little over $ 8,000 with around %5 finance. What a difference! Now, the upper attic/​bedroom stays cool during hot summers. The ceiling is cool to the touch, as before, without insulation, the ceiling was hot. In winter, the gas furnace works half the time it used to. Majors savings every day of every year! Well worth the small investment, Green and clean! They actually went out of their way to make all this work. Literally, gas and electric bills are cut in half!

High pressure sales by two people who walk around with your clipboard and act like they know everything but really, it’s all about the big sale. Received other bids from different folks and the prices were much better. Knez Insulation did our walls from the interior during a remodel for half the quoted cost. They also acted like our furnace needed immediate replacement (it’s still running fine; even have the gas company come check it out after their dire warnings) and they made our basement windows seem like the Everest of window jobs — aka mission impossible. Oh, a friend replaced those. No big deal. They look great and the basement is now spider free and much more weather insulated. I fear for old ladies who get this knock on their door. Would never call them again.

I love all animals and it has been strangely comforting that my very energy inefficient home has been creating warm microclimates for local wildlife through my home’s constant energy-​loss all winter long. I could stand by a window located right above a heater vent and feel cold air blowing at me while entire families of squirrels and birds huddled together outside to enjoy the backdraft of heat I was providing. I swear, when I woke up in the morning and headed for the thermostat to turn it up, those little critters would yell to each other, «She’s turning our heat on!,» as they vied for position near all my home leaks. It was a Walt Disney movie come to life. I didn’t mind at all having to wear two pairs of socks, thermal underwear, multiple layers of clothing, hats, and gloves, in my own home… while those sweet little animals cozied up to the perimeter of my house in their summer best. It was actually heartwarming to see them in their cute little beach outfits. Totally worth the big check to NW Natural each month.
Alas, the day the GreenSavers truck pulled up outside my house to do an energy audit the sky filled with heavy dark clouds, ominous and foreboding. The critters shrieked, threw on winter hats and scurried away to safety, leaving the front path finally cleared for visitors. The GreenSavers crew walked on up and began a process that would forever change the lives of these entitled and dependent furry squatters.
That fateful day the GreenSavers crew consisted of Jennifer and David. They found all sorts of energy leaks in my house after measuring, looking in nooks and crannies, and putting to work some very high-​tech machinery testing the airflow in cubic feet per minute.
It was a sad report that was generated. All told, my house was doing a bang-​up job heating up the air directly outside for my neighbor critters. Jennifer and David wanted to rectify this inefficiency. They proposed lots of options for me, such as sealing up all exterior openings in the home; insulating the attic, the exterior walls, the floors, my furnace ducts and water pipes; and even installing a state-​of-​the-​art bathroom fan to mitigate moisture in the house. These GreenSavers devotees were determined to break the bonds of dependency so lovingly nurtured between myself, my escaping hot furnace air, and the robustly warm squirrels and birds.
It was a hard decision, but I decided it was time for these furry and feathered friends to start stoking their own hearth flames. They must leave the nest and fend for themselves. David and Jennifer were none too pleased to see the «gifts» my squirrel and bird friends decorated their GreenSavers truck with, but as we all know, transitions can be difficult.
I signed the paperwork and the GreenSavers crew went hard to work! Their project manager, Esther, took great care of my worries and the work started immediately! If you have any pets in your home and are worried about leaving them at home while you are away… don’t be worried. The GreenSavers crew can handle it! And my dog who only likes about five people on this planet, LOVED the GreenSavers crew.
GreenSavers Glue Crew (I just made that up… you know, they’re the workers who seal up the energy leaks) got to work sealing up my home. I was literally blown away by their focus, attention to detail, efficiency, and hard work. Insulating in a crawl space is no easy feat. Insulating walls by perforating the exterior of the home (essentially making the house look like swiss cheese) and then sealing up all the holes and repainting so no one can see, was perhaps the best magic trick EVER.
The leak fixers (see, doesn’t «Glue Crew» sound better?!) were AWESOME. Javier, Gustavo, and Francisco were quite a team. They had so many things going on at once and there was no mess anywhere. Truly a symphony. They were very friendly and took great pride in their work. They found terrible things and took care of them! They did extra work that wasn’t even included in the contract! They always arrived on time and worked very long hours.
From the first night after the workers removed asbestos tape from my furnace ducts and in three places the ducts just fell apart (not having been sealed together properly in the first place and allowing all sorts of things to enter my airspace) the air in my home was completely changed. No longer did dusty air come out of my vents. The air was clean and the house started to feel… WARM!!! But now there is a whole town of critters outside my house. They look so cold and are all bundled up. They are all carrying tiny little signs that say, «We are the 1%.» Hmmmm. What do I do now?
GreenSavers will work within your budget and help you prioritize projects so you get the most comfort in your home for your money. The wildlife will resent you, but you will shiver in your home no more. And the Energy Trust will send you a big REBATE check when the work is complete! What a deal!

If you don’t know, just say you don’t know. Don’t make something up. I called for a quote on a Nest Learning Thermostat installation, and was informed by a woman that this was a $ 400 service. I advised her that she must be mistaken because the product itself was only $ 250 (I already had one on hand) and part of Nest’s whole deal is that installation is easy («most customers install Nest themselves, and three out of four DIYers install Nest in less than 30 minutes. Moreover, 99 percent of Nest DIYers would install Nest themselves again.»).
So you’re asking for $ 800/​hour? For something a DIY’r could do? Note that the other two quotes I got for installation from other entities were $ 50 and $ 75 respectively. Credibility completely lost.

We appreciated your staff taking the time to answer all of our questions and the level of professionalism we experienced. Even though our house was built less than 10 years ago, we felt many improvements could be made for energy efficiency. We are truly amazed by the results as we did not even have to turn our heater on until the last week of October. You all are amazing and we recommend you to all our neighbors and friends.

They did a great job adding insulation through out the house and removing old electrical wiring. The only problem was the destruction of a plant that all the workers replaced. They were courteous, efficient and cleaned up after the job. If we ever have any other home improvement plans, they will be the first ones to call.

Best contractor experience in 26 years in this home! As fall cold approaches, I’m enjoying the cozy warmth of my 100 yr old home with its new wall insulation and triple-​pane windows installed by GreenSavers USA. I appreciate the team’s attention to detail from Sales to Project Mgr to Installation Crew. They were attuned to getting the project planned and executed to my satisfaction.

These people take a lot of pride in what they do and they are craftsmen in the old sense of that word. They took my very leaky old house and cut the air exchange in half. They went out of their way to address concerns i had, even added some extras they didn’t have to. Their workmen are the best. Very responsive to calls and emails and they did not rush the job. Excellent work by people were pleasant to work with and care about what they do.

Greensavers has been amazing to work with. Beginning with a four hour energy audit with state of the art tools we were able to really see what we could do that would make a difference. Then we were presented with options to choose from that would give us the biggest gains for our money. We asked lots of questions and got thorough, patient explanations. They are enormously knowledgeable and from the first it was obvious they really wanted us to see a difference when they were done and be totally pleased. Their crew was diligent, thoughtful and friendly and obviously take pride in their work. Our new water heater is a real saver. Our triple paned windows (replacing old windows with storms) look invisible, bringing our backyard into our kitchen. When winter comes the insulation and sealing will make a huge difference. These are things we’d talked about needing to do but might never have followed through on without such great support. Great company. Lindy Delf

Craig was always patient with me even when I couldn’t return his phone calls or respond to his email right away. He was very knowledgeable and professional. The work done on our house was worth every penny. Thanks!

They treated my home as if it were their own. I always sensed that they were looking to create the best possible outcome for me, rather than just completing a job. Also, they stayed right with it when I requested a few corrections prior to sign off. Very impressive; totally satisfied. They even completed a few small tasks that were not part of the original scope of work, which really helped me a lot!

The crew arrived on time every morning and cleaned up sufficiently at the end of each day. The workers were very professional and friendly. Everything went very smoothly. The insulation they installed has noticeably helped keep our house cooler in this hot weather.