Energy Audits
A home energy audit is the first step to assess how much energy your home is losing and to evaluate what measures you can take to make your home more energy efficient.
An audit will show us problem areas that need to be corrected. After these corrections are made you could save a significant amount of money overtime as well as incresase the comfort of your home. During the energy audit we can pinpoint where your house is losing energy and allowing unwanted air to enter or exit. Energy audits also determine the efficiency of your homes heating and cooling systems. An energy audit will also include a measurement of your current attic insulation r-value and recommend the amount of attic insulation for your climate zone that will help you increase comfort and conserve energy in your home.
A professional energy auditor from Perkins Inc. uses a variety of techniques and equipment to determine the energy efficiency of a structure. Our energy audits use equipment such as blower door, which measure the extent of leaks in the homes envelope, and duct blaster which reveal hard-to-detect areas of air loss in your heating and cooling system.
Perkins Inc. can perform a basic home energy conservation audit to pinpoint areas of your home that need to be addressed to reduce energy cost. We then log the information we find from the energy audit to present to the home owner. From that point Perkins Inc. can repair and add measures to help conserve electricity or the home owner can use the energy audit to implement the repairs on their own.
The energy audit preformed by Perkins Inc will consists of an air infiltration test and a duct integrity test. These two tests will allow Perkins Inc. to find leaks in your homes envelope along with the heating and cooling system to locate energy loss.
The benefits of performing an energy audit and correcting problem areas are:
- Creating a more comfortable home while also consuming less energy
- Lowering your electric bill
- Saving money
- Preventing unnecessary wear and tear on your heating and cooling system
- Reducing airborne contaminants and allergens in your home
Perkins Inc. can perform a full energy audit on your home and repair all issues or single issues depending on your budget and current efficiency rating.
Sign up or contact Perkins Inc. today to request an energy audit so we can start the process of finding and eliminating problem areas throughout your home.