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| TIP #1- Lowering the thermostat by as little as 1° F typically reduces your heating bill 1-3% |
Why a Home Energy Audit? Department of Energy recommends a Home Energy Audit as the first step in saving on your home heating and electric costs. When the recommendations of the Energy Audit are followed:
What is a Professional Home Energy Audit? Thorough Inspection of Your Home - Basement to Attic Blower Door Test - Tests for Air Leakage Infrared Camera Examination (Thermal Image)-see our sample thermal images Reported Estimated Savings When choosing an Energy Audit, experience counts!! With the recent "energy crisis", many new energy auditors entered the field. No two houses are the same and it takes years of training, both on the job and continuing education to properly assess what's is going on in your home. We have never met a text book house. What goes on in one part of your home, affects another part of your home. More importantly, do not rely on the big box home improvement stores. The people they send to your home are there to sell! They are not trained energy auditors and are giving incorrect information and a big price tag. Any company or organization that comes to your home and only does a "visual" assessment can no more properly assess your home, than a doctor can assess a broken bone without an x-ray. Organizations such as MassSAVE are going into peoples homes and just looking around, sure it is free, but you definitely get what you pay for. Many times the objectives of some is to sell, sell, sell.... If Blower Door Testing and Infrared examination (Thermal Image) is not done - frankly you are wasting your precious time. Do not be talked into windows, doors, insulation, heating systems, etc without a qualified expert guiding you. An example, is windows, 9 out 10 people do not need new windows as the payback is too excessive for the very little bit of extra R-value you will gain. Quite often it is due to air leakage around the window's frame, which can only be detected using Blower Doors and Infrared. The classic chasing good money after bad! These "free energy audits" can turn out to be very costly without good results in the end. With energy costs, which include heating costs, rising beyond what any homeowner ever imagined this past fall, energy efficiency has become the key to saving money. Even though oil prices have come down from those highs, they are sure to go up again. Be prepared this time. Although, the barrel price of oil has come down, the average cost for heating oil is $2.36/gallon or $649.00 for a full tank. If you use 1,000 gallons/yr. that's $2,360.00 annually. Saving 20% saves $472.00 per year. By the way, 1,000 gallons of heating oil is not normal. Homeowners in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts are especially aware of the hardship rising energy costs create. We are increasingly aware of the measures we must take, from replacing old appliances with Energy Star appliances to adding insulation Unfortunately quite often this just isn't enough, because you are targeting these items without any real direction. ENERGY LOST=MONEY LOST ENERGY SAVED=MONEY SAVED!! The equation really is that simple!! Now is the time to do battle against rising home energy costs with a home energy audit! Can you afford not to have a home energy audit performed, by a certified energy auditor? The knowledge you gain from a professional Home Energy Audit can reduce your heating costs. Reduce your electricity bills Improve Air Quality within your home Give you peace of mind Reduce your carbon footprint Help you do your part to reduce Global Warming and SAVE YOU MONEY! BOTTOM LINE IS, IF YOU ARE DROWNING IN ENERGY COSTS, WHETHER IT BE HEATING COSTS OR ELECTRICAL USAGE, YOU MUST HAVE A HOME ENERGY AUDIT DONE. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THESE PROBLEMS. WHETHER YOU ARE A HOMEOWNER, REALTOR, OR HOME INSPECTOR, ENERGY EFFICIENCY NEEDS TO BE A TOP PRIORITY TO THE HOMEOWNER AND YOUR CUSTOMERS IN NEW ENGLAND. TO ASSESS YOUR NEEDS AND IMPROVE YOUR HOMES COMFORT WHILE SAVING YOU MONEY CONTACT NEW ENGLAND ENERGY AUDIT. THE END RESULT WILL BE CHEAPER ELECTRICITY BILLS AND REDUCED HEATING COSTS WITH A HOME ENERGY AUDIT. 866-603-ENERGY (3637) OR E-MAIL: SAVE@NEWENGLANDENERGYAUDIT.COM |
| BONUS TIP - Plug home electronics, such as TVs and DVD players, into power strips. Turn the power strips off |
| New England Energy Audit does not sell product - we provide you with a totally unbiased Home Energy Audit. Some companies may even offer you a "free" Home Energy Audit - beware they are selling product. When a company states "the decision maker needs to be present" - BEWARE and hold onto your wallet. We make suggestions based on the facts we discover in your Home Energy Audit. No hard sales-no sales whatsoever! |
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