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Home Audits


What is a Home Energy Audit?
It’s an inspection, survey and analysis of energy flows in your home. An energy audit is conducted to seek opportunities to reduce the amount of energy input into the system without negatively affecting the output. An energy audit seeks to prioritize the energy uses according to, the greatest to least effective, opportunities for energy savings.

Determine How to:
check Reduce Energy Consumption
check Improve Comfort & Health
check Reduce Cost
check Maintian Long-Term Sustainability
How Energy Audits Work
Two Easy Steps to Prepare for an Energy Audit
Before the energy auditor visits your home please prepare the following:

  1. Make a List of Any Existing Problems.
    This could relate to, condensation, uncomfortable or drafty rooms.
  2. Have Copies or a Summary of Your Home Yearly Energy Bills.
    Your utility can get these for you.
AweSun’s Next Steps
check Examine Your Property
Size – Features – Wall Area – Windows
check Understand Your Consumption Behavior:
Working Energy Hours? Average Thermostat Setting for Summer and Winter? How Many Occupants? Is Every Room In Use? Your answers help uncover simple ways to reduce your energy consumption.
check Keep Learning! Keep Working!
Walk through your home with the auditors as they work and ask questions. They may use equipment to detect sources of energy loss such as, blower doors, infrared cameras, furnace efficiency meters and surface thermometers.
Before you can save energy—and save money—you need to know where your energy is going. An energy audit will study your facility’s building envelope, lighting, HVAC, controls, heat recovery, thermal storage, electrical systems, and utilities.
Areas in Your Home Where Energy is Lost
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Types of Audits
Standard Walkthrough Audit: $90.00
check Conduct a comprehensive whole house inspection
check Thoroughly inspect your home’s exterior, such as windows and doors as well as moisture problems
check Examine age, efficiency & condition of your heating, air conditioning & ventilation systems
check Perform a Combustion Appliance Zone Test
check Perform a Carbon Monoxide Test
check Perform an analysis of your utility bills
Blower Door Test Audit: $225.00*
check Standard Walkthrough Audit
check Blower Door Test: Determine air loss by the hour and where air leaks occur
* Air leaks is one of the most significant problems that reduce buildings comfort and energy efficiency.
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Infrared Test Audit: $295.00*
check Standard Walkthrough Audit
check Blower Door Audit
check Internal look of your walls, floors & ceilings.
check View of temperature differences to see where insulation is present or missing or just not working properly
The Infrared Test Audit is used in conjunction with the Blower Door Test Audit to see where insulation is or is not within your walls.
* Properties greater than 4,000 square feet entail extra charge
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