Conversion To Clean Energy

ATEX Water Damage Restoration Offers Versatile Services

Fire damage, water damage, smoke damage, and mold infestations are all on the list of Austin’s homeowner problems we can help you solve. When you have a problem with any of these in the Austin area, we will get there and get you taken care of as quickly as possible. Whether you are north of, south of, or in central Austin our technicians are available for immediate response 24/7 for your emergency calls.

Safe And Efficient

We hire the most reliable and most courteous water damage restoration professionals in the business to take care of you and your home. We will make sure that the job gets done correctly and as efficiently as possible. Your home is likely the single most expensive thing you will ever purchase; wouldn’t you like to know that the people you hire to repair it care about that? With years of experience in home restoration, we understand that you can only afford to have repairs on your home done once. Our people are top notch, so the work gets done right the first time.

Fast And Friendly When You Need It

Whether you call us at 3 p.m. or 3 a.m., we are always available to help you. We will dispatch technicians to your location within 30 minutes of your emergency call to help you with your restoration problem.

Expect The Best

Hiring professionals to do the work is what we do best, and you can rest securely at night knowing that only the best will be working in your home. Service does not get much better than this, so when you have a problem call us right away.

Insurance Billing Service

One excellent service that we can offer you is the ability to bill your homeowner’s insurance provider instead of you. This means that they get to deal with the majority of the paperwork involved in getting us paid; you just sit back and let us work.

Extended Mold Services

We not only kill and remove mold from your home, but we can also do a preliminary inspection of homes that have no apparent mold growth in them. Finding moisture pockets and mold colonies that are just beginning to grow is yet another service that we can offer you. If you suspect that you have water or mold damage, call us today to get your free preliminary inspection! If we discover a significant problem, we know whom to call for the Official Mold Inspection. Whether it is water damage, fire damage, or a mold problem call us right away; it only gets worse with time.

Technology and Progress

There has been an ongoing shift in the past decade towards greener and cleaner methods of doing pretty much everything in our daily lives. Building and construction are no exception to this trend, and this sector of the economy is one place where an increased emphasis on green technology can be felt the most, and over time do the most good for the environment. With the advent of new technologies, metal roofing repairs can now vastly improve the energy efficiency to the old roof.

Green Engineering

The latest push in green engineering is the so-called zero-energy building. Zero-energy means that the overall onsite production of energy is equal to the building’s consumption of energy, meaning that it consumes zero outside energy from potentially hazardous sources such as coal, or nuclear power. Of course, the engineering and building challenge to attain such a thing can be staggering, but the progress made in this area since the end of the century has been rather amazing.

New Construction

First, you should know that zero energy at the moment is only an option for new construction, as the technology involved is only cost-effective when it is a planned addition from the very start of the design process. Although it is technically possible to outfit older existing building to bring them up to code with zero-energy specifications, it is almost always cost prohibitive.

Here are a few of the innovations that building designers have been putting into place to make their buildings zero energy:

Reliance on Solar Power: Solar is by far one of the most critical aspects of zero energy building. Because the sun provides an inexhaustible supply of heat and energy, it is the best environmental resource available for many of the functions of a building that used to rely on outside sources of energy.
There are two types of solar power used in zero energy buildings: The first is active solar power, which only put is the use of photovoltaic cells arranged in an array to capture radiation from the sun and turn it into usable energy. There are hardly any zero energy buildings that don’t have a formidable solar power generation capability, which has to be scaled by the size of the structure.
The final thing that makes solar energy so critical to designing and building such a structure is the fact that most governments in the country, local, state and federal offer significant tax incentives to those who incorporate some kind of solar energy into their plans. Not to mention the fact that in many cases the purchase price of the solar panels themselves are highly subsidized.

Using Energy versus Conserving Energy

One aspect of zero energy building that is the subject of much debate is whether it is preferable to create more energy through alternative means without drastically changing consumption, or whether it is better to radically reduce waste, and then fill in the remaining energy needs with alternative sources. There is no right answer to this question, as either way the building is still going to be using zero energy produced through environmentally harmful means; however, it’s always interesting to look at the arguments on both side of the debate.

Some Business Operations Require Energy Consumption

The only issue that arises from a drastic decrease in energy usage is that for many businesses, particularly those that have to maintain and service energy-intensive equipment for their day to day operations, there is no way they can reduce that usage by more than a token amount, and still operate at their current levels.

Homeowners Can Reduce Consumption

However, for a homeowner, reducing overall consumption is likely to be a better option, seeing as how it will end up saving more money in the long term. Further, lifestyle changes that are required are generally not a huge imposition. Simple things such as using lower wattage light bulbs, and remembering to turn off appliances and other devices when they are not in use can go a very long way in bringing your home in line with these zero energy principles.

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