Energy Audits for Residential – Taylor Weatherization Services LLC

Energy Audit

A home energy assessment, also known as a home energy audit, can help you understand the whole picture of your home’s energy use, comfort, and safety. An assessment can help you determine how much energy your home uses, where your home is inefficient, and which problem areas and fixes you should prioritize to save energy and improve the comfort of your home. A home energy assessment should be your first step before making energy-saving home improvements, as well as before adding a renewable energy system to your home.

Understand Your Energy Usage

Most homeowners are aware of their energy costs since they have to see the bill every month. But an energy audit lets you understand where and how this energy is being used. Understanding where and how your home uses (or wastes) energy empowers you to make productive changes to your home or lifestyle.

Ensure Health and Safety

During an energy audit, a home is inspected for health and safety. Our audit team uses advanced tools and techniques to check if there are any electrical, health, or other hazards. We will test for fuel leaks in the furnace, perform combustion appliance zone testing on all combustion fuel-powered appliances, and blower door tests for air leakage.

Air leakage around doors, a lack of proper insulation or unwanted sources of moisture are common issues discovered during an energy audit. Once moisture problems are identified, steps can be taken to maintain ideal home humidity, which can yield positive health results—especially for family members who live with allergies or asthma.

Save Money

The biggest advantage of performing a home energy audit is that it will help you save money on your utility bills, depending on what kind of upgrades you make to your home. You could save 5% to 30 % no your electricity bill by making upgrades identified in your home energy audit..

Increase Home’s Resale Value

Increasing your home’s energy efficiency is one of the best home improvements you can make to increase property values if you eventually sell the property or lease it. Energy-efficient homes with additions such as solar panels, a solar hot water system, extra insulation, and energy-efficient temperature control are highly sought after by potential buyers. Even if you don’t plan on selling in the near future, these upgrades could eventually pay for themselves when you do sell your property.