The second step is the actual audit. First, we review the homeowner’s goals and objectives. Next, we tour the home and put it into winter mode. We close all of the windows and turn on all exhaust fans. The goal of this step is to depressurize the combustion zone, thereby setting up a worst case… Read more »
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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… Read more »
The Best Energy Improvement if You Want to Sell Your Home in Five Years
Essentially, the answer to this question requires some knowledge about the home. Since every home is so different (in size, age and in the improvements that have been made on it since it was initially constructed, to name but three important factors), the particular home’s specific issues would need to be defined first. Be that… Read more »
The Best Improvements for any Age Home
What is best all depends on how the home was built and which improvements been made since then. Homes that are only a few years old usually need air sealing. But older homes — and in New England, homes can be over one hundred years old — often need improvements in their insulation. However, past… Read more »