If you live in Lakewood or the Denver metro area, you already know how brutal Colorado winters can be — and how fast your heating bill climbs when your home isn’t properly insulated. The good news? Most homeowners are overpaying on energy by hundreds of dollars every year, and the fix is simpler than you think.
Here are the top 5 ways Lakewood homeowners are cutting their energy bills right now.
1. Upgrade Your Attic Insulation
Your attic is the number one source of energy loss in most Colorado homes. Heat rises — and if your attic isn’t properly insulated, that heat goes straight through your roof instead of warming your living spaces.
Most older Lakewood homes were built with R-11 or R-19 insulation in the attic. The Department of Energy recommends R-49 to R-60 for Colorado’s climate. Upgrading to blown-in insulation can cut your heating and cooling costs by 30–50% on its own.
💡 Pro tip: Xcel Energy offers rebates of up to $1,500 for qualifying attic insulation upgrades. As an Xcel Energy Trade Partner, AtticPro applies this rebate as an upfront discount — you pay less from day one.
2. Seal Your Air Leaks
Insulation keeps heat in, but air sealing stops cold air from sneaking in through cracks, gaps, and penetrations around your home. Most Denver-area homes lose up to 40% of their energy through air leaks alone — around windows, electrical outlets, plumbing penetrations, and the attic floor.
Attic air sealing combined with insulation is the most effective one-two punch for reducing energy waste. It’s also one of the most affordable upgrades you can make.
3. Encapsulate Your Crawl Space
If your home has a crawl space, it’s likely one of the biggest sources of cold floors, moisture problems, and wasted energy you’re dealing with. An unencapsulated crawl space lets cold air, moisture, and even pests into your home year-round.
Crawl space encapsulation seals the entire space with a heavy-duty vapor barrier, dramatically improving comfort and reducing your heating load in winter.
4. Install a Tankless Water Heater
Traditional water heaters keep a large tank of water hot 24 hours a day — whether you’re using it or not. That’s called standby heat loss, and it accounts for 15–20% of your home’s energy use.
A tankless water heater heats water on demand, eliminating standby loss entirely. Most homeowners see immediate savings on their gas or electric bill, and tankless units last significantly longer than traditional tanks.
5. Stack Your Rebates
Here’s what most Lakewood homeowners don’t know: you don’t have to pick just one rebate program. You can stack multiple programs to dramatically reduce your out-of-pocket cost.
- Xcel Energy rebates — up to $1,500+ applied as an upfront discount
- Colorado HEAR Program — up to $14,000 for qualifying homeowners
- Xcel Whole-Home Bonus — complete 3+ upgrades and get an extra 25% on top
At AtticPro, we review your home and identify every program you qualify for — then handle all the paperwork so you don’t have to.
Ready to Start Saving?
Every month you wait is another month of overpaying on energy. Most AtticPro customers see savings on their very first utility bill after we’re done. And with rebates covering a significant portion of the cost, there’s never been a better time to upgrade.
Schedule your free home energy assessment today. We’ll tell you exactly what your home needs and what rebates you qualify for — no pressure, no obligation.
