Energy Audit Inspection

As my dad used to say “we aren’t paying to cool the outside.” Well here in hot Florida some of us are.

An energy audit at a dwelling is often the first step in making a home more energy efficient and comfortable. An audit can help assess how much energy the dwelling uses. It can provide a list for what measures need to be taken to improve efficiency.

A professional home-energy auditor can use a variety of techniques and equipment to determine the energy efficiency of a home. Thorough audits often use equipment such as blower doors, which measure the extent of leaks in the building envelope, and infrared cameras, which reveal hard-to-detect areas of air infiltration and missing insulation.

A blower-door test is highly effective in evaluating the airtightness of a building envelope and effectiveness of sealing air leaks. While a versatile tool, blower doors have their limitations. There are many things that cannot be “seen” by a blower-door test. The only practical way of detecting them is through a combination of infrared scanning and visual inspection.

Many things can affect the energy performance of homes. An energy audit can identify the factors that contribute to the waste of energy in a home. It can also help with making the home more comfortable to the occupants. An audit can help with identifying factors that affect the health and safety of the occupants.

Energy audits alone don’t save energy. The objective of an energy audit is to make recommendations that will likely improve the performance of the structure while lowering energy consumption.

Energy costs are an expensive part of cost to own and maintain a home.  We can test the function of your home as a system and inform you of ways to increase efficiency thus reducing costs.

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