Home Energy Audit

Have your energy bills gone through the roof? Are you dreading the cost of heating your home this winter? Cooling it this summer? The single most costly aspect of owning a home is the cost of heating and cooling your living area. Is your home energy efficient? A Green Certified Home Inspection and Home Energy Audit will determine where energy efficiencies can be gained.

Do you want to increase the energy efficiency of your home? The Green Certified Home Inspection will uncover potential energy savings. Many of the energy saving strategies suggested in our Green Certified Home Inspection Reports are inexpensive – some are free! The reduced utility costs resulting from a Green Certified Home Inspection will cover the cost of the inspection several times over.

As an added service to the Deluxe Home Inspection, the Green Certified Inspection and Home Energy Audit can help determine the energy efficiency of a home in addition to the typical home inspection concerns. As energy costs continue to rise, it makes sense to pay attention to energy efficiency as you consider your next home purchase. The combination of a Green Certified Home Inspection and a Home Energy Audit will aid the decision making process of buying a new home.

The Green Certified Home Inspection is a thorough inspection of every aspect of the home that relates to energy usage. This home inspection will provide a complete inventory and evaluation of each system of the home. Is the attic insulation adequate? What about the landscaping (yes, landscaping plays a role in energy efficiency!)?

In addition to the Green Certified Home Inspection, a Home Energy Audit will provide additional cost-effective solutions to achieve an energy efficient home. This home inspection will illuminate dozens of simple and specific ways to help reduce your energy bills and solve any comfort issues you have in your home.

The Home Energy Audit report offers homeowners a variety of home performance improvements plus methods to augment home features. Following our Energy-Star® rated recommendations, our customers discover the easiest ways to start saving money every month. The projected annual savings from a comprehensive Home Energy Audit can be in excess of $1000 in the first year alone!

Before your scheduled Home Energy Audit or Green Home Inspection, make a list of any concern you have noticed through the course of the year and during what season they are typically more evident. For example, make note of condensation on windows, drafty rooms, hot rooms, cold rooms, etc. The Home Energy Audit will uncover these issues as well as others. Having a complete understanding of your experience with the home can help determine the best solution.

The Home Energy Audit utilizes a special fan that places your home in a vacuum. Under vacuum, small air leaks are amplified. The areas where these energy wasting leaks are located are identified with an infrared camera. Each area can then be addressed individually to allow you to increase your home energy efficiency. At the Home Energy Audit, the home inspector will use the infrared camera to view differences in temperature. . Typically the camera is used to evaluate temperature differentials along the interior of the home. Occasionally, however, the inspector will view temperature differences along the outside of the home.

Before purchasing a new home, a Home Energy Audit can be completed to evaluate the efficiency and efficacy of the building envelope.

Specific training and specialized equipment allow Home Inspections of Northern Virginia to be one of the only home inspectors in the area to provide Green Certified Home Inspections and Home Energy Audits for a comprehensive evaluation of a home’s energy efficiency.

See more information at http://www.moveincertified.com/gogreen.

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