Archive for November, 2010

Recovery Through Retrofit: Saving Homeowners Money — Part I

In 2009, Vice President Joe Biden asked the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to develop a proposal for Federal action to increase energy savings by improving home energy efficiency. This resulted in the Recovery Through Retrofit report, released in October of that year. The report identified access issues when it came to homeowners [...]

Winterizing

Winter is coming. It creeps into our bones and invades our lungs with its icy blasts. But we have come to expect it. It does, after all, happen every year. But do we ever really prepare for it that well? Do we prepare at all? Here’s where an energy audit can truly help. Do you [...]

What Can You Expect With an Energy Audit? Part 4 and Conclusion

Finally, after the audit, data review and initial air sealing are performed, the next step is a final test. After air sealing, another test should be done in order to confirm the effectiveness of the work performed, and to assure that there is still enough air flow for the intake of fresh air. It is [...]

What Can You Expect With an Energy Audit? Part 3

The third energy audit step is an optional data review with the homeowner. If the homeowner wants for the costs to be broken down quantitatively, then the information will be loaded into the computer and we will subsequently break it down, with approximate savings in dollars placed upon each of the upgrades, in order to [...]