Home Energy Audit
When we analyze your home we are looking at it as a working system where all parts are interconnected. All the functions of the home have to work together for it to be efficient, comfortable and healthy. If any one part is out of sync it can inherently affect other parts of the home as well.
Our $400 Energy Audit includes five comprehensive steps:
Home performance assessment
Improvement recommendations and solutions
Work order choices and priorities
Work completed by well-trained crews
Final inspection
Home performance assessment
Improvement recommendations and solutions
Work order choices and priorities
Work completed by well-trained crews
Final inspection
What to expect during your energy audit
- We do a visual inspection of the exterior of the home looking for possible issues or problems pertaining to the structural integrity of the home.
We get an idea of the homes existing insulation value where it’s accessible. Sometimes we need to drill small probe holes to further investigate tough to find areas.
- An air leakage test is performed with the blower door unit that tests the building tightness of your home. This test is done in combination with an infrared scan that can help identify many hidden areas that are causing you to lose energy in your home, therefore increasing your energy bills. These valuable tools can help locate missing or poorly installed insulation, large by-passes where air is leaking out the house, heat supply lines located in cold attic or crawl spaces, poorly sealed windows and doors and basements that have leaks in the foundation
We will test all gas appliances to see how safe and efficient they are running and let you know whether they need to be cleaned and tuned or replaced. We check for fuel leaks, carbon monoxide leaks, proper pressure and flow with your duct work or hot water lines as necessary.
Even though a tight home is an efficient home we also want to be sure the indoor air quality of the house is healthy, homes that are too tight without the proper ventilation can be a problem. We verify that all exhaust fans and appropriate ventilating equipment is working and doing the job it’s supposed to.
We will hook up our electric meter to electric appliances and be able to give you a “cost of use” for each appliance that has a 120 volt plug.
Finally our auditors are there for you, ask them all the questions you can think of concerning your home and its energy use. They will be more than happy to answer anything they can.
