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April 16, 2010 – The Missaukee Sentinel PAGE 9

VISIT YOUR GOLD STAR CERTIFIED JOHN DEERE DEALER TODAY!

Now it's even easier to get your hands on a John Deere with low financing.

$1,4991

Lifts grass for a precise, even cut. Nothing Runs Like A Deere™

LA100 LAWN TRACTOR

GATOR CS Haul, tow, set your dreams in motion.

Large Gator selection.

Now adaptable to Skid Steer implements!

37-HP JOHN DEERE 3520 TRACTOR

Many to choose from.

www.JohnDeere.com

B74BUBD0802-00233135

VOELKER IMPLEMENT SALES 18880 NORTHLAND DRIVE BIG RAPIDS, MI 49307 (231) 796-6302

VOELKER IMPLEMENT SALES 4363 S MOREY ROAD LAKE CITY, MI 49651 (231) 839-8660

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VISIT YOUR GOLD STAR CERTIFIED JOHN DEERE DEALER TODAY!

Now it's even easier to get your hands on a John Deere with low financing.

$1,4991

Lifts grass for a precise, even cut. Nothing Runs Like A Deere™

LA100 LAWN TRACTOR

GATOR CS Haul, tow, set your dreams in motion.

Large Gator selection.

Now adaptable to Skid Steer implements!

37-HP JOHN DEERE 3520 TRACTOR

Many to choose from.

www.JohnDeere.com

B74BUBD0802-00233135

VOELKER IMPLEMENT SALES 18880 NORTHLAND DRIVE BIG RAPIDS, MI 49307 (231) 796-6302

VOELKER IMPLEMENT SALES 4363 S MOREY ROAD LAKE CITY, MI 49651 (231) 839-8660

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VISIT YOUR GOLD STAR CERTIFIED JOHN DEERE DEALER TODAY!

Now it's even easier to get your hands on a John Deere with low financing.

$1,4991

Lifts grass for a precise, even cut. Nothing Runs Like A Deere™

LA100 LAWN TRACTOR

GATOR CS Haul, tow, set your dreams in motion.

Large Gator selection.

Now adaptable to Skid Steer implements!

37-HP JOHN DEERE 3520 TRACTOR

Many to choose from.

www.JohnDeere.com

B74BUBD0802-00233135

VOELKER IMPLEMENT SALES 18880 NORTHLAND DRIVE BIG RAPIDS, MI 49307 (231) 796-6302

VOELKER IMPLEMENT SALES 4363 S MOREY ROAD LAKE CITY, MI 49651 (231) 839-8660

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VISIT YOUR GOLD STAR CERTIFIED JOHN DEERE DEALER TODAY!

Now it's even easier to get your hands on a John Deere with low financing.

$1,4991

Lifts grass for a precise, even cut. Nothing Runs Like A Deere™

LA100 LAWN TRACTOR

GATOR CS Haul, tow, set your dreams in motion.

Large Gator selection.

Now adaptable to Skid Steer implements!

37-HP JOHN DEERE 3520 TRACTOR

Many to choose from.

www.JohnDeere.com

B74BUBD0802-00233135

VOELKER IMPLEMENT SALES 18880 NORTHLAND DRIVE BIG RAPIDS, MI 49307 (231) 796-6302

VOELKER IMPLEMENT SALES 4363 S MOREY ROAD LAKE CITY, MI 49651 (231) 839-8660

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0%36 mos.

GATOR CX

EmeryOutdoor Services

Trusted Lawn Care for Commercial & Residential

since 2005

Spring/Fall Clean-upMowing, Fertilizing,

Lawn Spraying, Shrub & Landscape Maintenance

Licensed & InsuredClayton Emery

3900 N. Seeley Rd.Manton, MI 49663

(231) 824-6013Cell (231) 920-6013 4806

Mike’s Body Shop“Complete Auto & Collision Care Specialists”

Computerized Alignments • Struts • Shocks Body Work • Painting • Glass • Tune-Ups

Brakes, Tires & More

Welding & Cutting GassesTanks Trades & Fills

20639 30th Ave. (M-66),Marion, Michigan

(231) 743-60912814

Air Conditioning Service

Colecchio Contracting

Roofing • ConcreteSiding • Additions

Pole Barns • New HomesBrett Colecchio

Licensed & Insured

(231) 839-73713897

Mike Sievers expected that his home, built in 2005, was probably more energy efficient than most but, given recent rebates for home energy audits and improvements, he decided to double check.

“I figured, if public funding is available to off-set costs for an energy retrofit, I should seize the opportunity, while it lasts,” says Sievers.

Mike contacted a home per-formance contractor company, GreenHomes America, to set up the initial assessment. What they found was shocking. Mike’s rela-tively new home was 50 percent draftier than it should have been.

The good news, however, was that by focusing on energy im-provements in his attic alone, his contractor predicted that the home’s overall energy perfor-mance could be improved by 25 percent. Eager to take advantage of recent state and federal tax incentives, Sievers approved the work order.

The first step was to remove the original blown-in fiberglass insu-lation. They then sealed off holes from nails, plumbing, lighting, wiring and duct work, with two inches of BASF Comfort Foam®, a closed-cell spray polyurethane foam insulation with extremely high insulating values and air seal-ing properties. (Air sealing is an essential step since uncontrolled air leakage is responsible for as much as 40 percent of energy loss, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.)

They then reinstalled the fiber-

glass insulation and added more to give a total of five inches of blown-in fiberglass on top of the foam insulation to maximize the insulating value. They also used Comfort Foam to insulate some attic rims and seal the rim joist area in the basement, greatly re-ducing the air leakage.

The results are impressive. Based on three months of energy bills, Mike Sievers and his fam-ily are now saving more than the predicted 25 percent on heating and cooling bills. With a little re-search, he was also able to offset 50 percent of the cost of the retro-fit through public incentives in his home state of New Jersey.

And according to Sievers, there were some unexpected bonuses, “The overall comfort was imme-diately noticeable. Our house is not only much less drafty, there seems to be no big difference in temperature from floor to floor and it is so much quieter here now.

Overall, we’d say, this is now a much better home.”

A Little Research Can Lead to Big Change -- In Your Pocket

To find available incentives, Sievers went to a free Web site DSIRE (www.dsireusa.org), a comprehensive source of informa-tion on state, local, utility and fed-eral incentives and policies that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency. Additionally, as an employee of BASF, the Chemi-cal Company, he participated in a new company program called the Neighborhood Energy Efficiency Drive (NEED) that provided him with customized reports on fund-ing and recommendations for energy upgrades.

To find a qualified home per-formance contractor, Sievers researched contractors in his area who were certified through the Building Performance Institute (BPI), a national organization with which GreenHomes America is a member. BPI certified contractors are highly skilled and have passed a number of written and field ex-ams in order to achieve their BPI accreditation.

For more information about BASF Comfort Foam insulation, visit www.basf-pfe.com. To find a BPI registered contractor in your area, visit www.bpi.org.

Increase home energy efficiency