Save Thousands And Be Comfortable In Your Home
KCP&L and MGE Team up to provide you with an Energy Audit plus $600 towards Energy Saving Improvements.
$595 Home Energy Audit - 100% rebate from KCP&L for any significant energy saving upgrade made that is recommended by the audit.
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Energy Audit Checklist
A complete energy audit includes:
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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
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Blower Door Testing - A blower door is utilized to determine the tightness of your home and is used to find air leaks
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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.
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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.
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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
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Physical Inspection - A physical inspection of your property is performed to identify potential energy saving improvements.
- Energy Bill Analysis
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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.
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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
The house as a system
A typical home has many opportunities for improvement.
Blower Door Testing
A blower door is used to find leaks in your homes envelope.
