Energy Audit Checklist

A complete energy audit includes:

• Building Load Calculation – The Air Conditioning Contractors Association’s Manual “J” is used to determine you home’s precise heating load.

The following factors are used to determine your homes unique heating load:

• Volume
• Building Materials
• Duct Leakage
• Number and Placement of Windows
• Number of occupants
• Insulation levels
• Architecture Type
• Environmental Factors
• Total Air Infiltration
• Local weather patterns

• Blower Door Testing – A blower door is utilized to determine the tightness of your home and is used to find air leaks

• Combustion Appliance Zone Safety Testing – A sophisticated instrumentation is utilized to determine if combustion appliances such as your water heater or furnace is ventilated properly and has the proper amount of make-up air for proper combustion.

• Duct Blasting – The duct blaster is utilized to determine the amount of air leakage occurring within your duct system. Unfortunately, most duct systems are not sealed or insulated properly.

• Combustible Gas Detection and Analysis – A combustion gas analyzer is used to determine whether or not your gas furnace is firing properly. A gas leak detector is utilized to locate any propane or natural gas leaks

• Physical Inspection – A physical inspection of your property is performed to identify potential energy saving improvements.

• Energy Bill Analysis

• Home Energy Analysis – All of the information gathered from the various reports are utilized to produce an informative report that provides you with a comprehensive energy improvement plan. The Energy Analysis Report includes what-if scenarios and Savings to Investment ratios for each proposed energy improvement. This gives you the power to determine most cost effective improvements for your budget.

• Re-testing – After energy saving improvements are implemented, we perform the Blower Door, The Duct Blaster and The CAZ test again to prove our results