To begin improving your home energy usage, a home energy audit is conducted to assess current usage and evaluate the needed measures to improve overall building efficiency. Implementing both audits and recommended improvements will produce your desired energy usage.Attic and Crawl Space Solutions aids in improving home energy usage, and at home comfort while lowering utility bills through our extensive knowledge and information about home improvement.
Purpose of Home Energy Evaluations
To begin improving your home energy usage, home energy audits are conducted to assess current usage and evaluate the needed measures to improve overall building efficiency. Implementing both audits and recommended improvements will produce your desired energy usage. Attic and Crawlspace aids in improving home energy usage, and at home comfort while lowering utility bills through our extensive knowledge and information about home improvement.
To schedule an in-home evaluation, contact Attic and Crawlspace
Door Test:
Tests to measure a home’s leaks are done through a blower door tests. Energy usage and extra money expenditure is determined by measuring air infiltration after your home is depressurized. Improving your home’s air infiltration can lower your utility bills. Through the blower door test, tiny air leaks are discovered using a smoke stick.
Blower door tests can also be conducted individually to determine capability of a home’s efficiency and new improvements.
Additionally, these blower tests play a large part of home energy audits and are necessary for national building standards and green buildings.
Hire the right profesional
If you are looking to improve overall building efficiency, contact a professional for home energy evaluations. By using specific techniques and tools, a professional auditor can make specific recommendations to improve your home’s energy efficiency.
Blower doors and infrared cameras, respectively, measure leakage and reveal air infiltration and missing insulation which are both very important tools in complete, thorough audits.
Before hiring a home energy auditor, check with your utility to ask about customer aid with energy audits. If not available, home energy auditors can be hired to evaluate and improve your home’s energy usage.
Home Energy Audit
A home energy audit is conducted to assess current usage and evaluate the needed measures to improve overall building efficiency. Implementing recommended improvements will help reduce home energy usage, enhance home comfort, and lower utility bills.
Home Energy Evaluations
Whether you want to lower your energy bills or upgrade to a greener system, a blower door test helps to understand the current state of air flow in your home. Blower doors and infrared cameras, respectively, measure leakage and reveal air infiltration and missing insulation–both are very important tools in complete, thorough audits. Energy usage is determined by measuring air infiltration after your home is depressurized. Through the blower door test, tiny air leaks are discovered using a smoke stick to test airflow. Improving your home’s air infiltration can lower your utility bills. Blower door tests can also be conducted individually to determine a home’s efficiency and needed improvements.
Additionally, the proper home insulation products reduce heat loss/gain by providing a barrier between your home and the outside temperature. Airflow into or out of your home takes place through gaps in walls, the attic, crawl space, doors, windows, etc. This air leakage is a major problem which contributes to energy loss and discomfort. Your energy audit will reveal where additional insulation is needed to reduce your heating and cooling costs.
