Energy Audits

For existing homes, energy audits can locate energy leaks, allowing you to identify and correct problem areas. We can help you keep your conditioned air inside and at an appropriate temperature while helping you save money. We realize that is today’s economy, everyone is becoming more energy and financially conscious. Elite can work with you for the design choices that are most cost-effective for you.

Walk-Through Energy Audit

The best way to determine how to cut your energy costs is to audit your home’s current energy use. A walk-through assessment is the easiest and least expensive means of identifying and evaluating energy use in your home. An energy audit’s purpose is to identify places n the home where energy is being wasted and prioritize the projects needed to fix them. The end result is intended to reduce the amount of energy the home needs to operate and keep occupants comfortable. While the word “audit” may sound ominous, a home energy audit is just the first step in the process of lowering energy bills by making a home more efficient.

If you own the home, there is a clearly defined benefit for your efforts. Many have found that conducting a walk-though energy audit results in significant benefits not only in occupant comfort, but with new ways to save energy by identifying energy problems. You’ll start saving money on your energy bills as soon as you identify and fix energy wasters.

Advanced Energy Audits

Advanced energy audits go on step further. We use sophisticated software to model your home and analyze how it uses energy. The software helps identify deficiencies in your home’s thermal envelope and makes recommendations on how to correct them. In addition it produces reports on current energy usage along with expected energy usage based on improvements done to the home.

An Advanced Energy Audit includes:

Duct Blaster Leakage Testing – Combines a small fan and a pressure gauge to pressurize a house’s duct system and accurately measure air leakage of the ductwork. This test will show how much of the conditioned air in the duct system is being lost to the outside and increasing the cost of operation.

Blower Door Testing – A diagnostic tool designed to measure the airtightness of buildings and to help locate air leakage sites. A blower door consists of a calibrated fan for measuring an airflow rate, and a pressure=sensing device to measure the air pressure created by the fan flow. The combination of pressure and fan-flow measurements is used to determine the building airtightness. Knowing the airtightness of a building is useful when trying to increase energy conservation or decrease indoor air pollution.

Infrared Thermal Imaging – A thermal imaging camera can show you exactly where your energy dollars are being wasted. At the same time, we will give you suggestions on how to reduce the amount of leakage in your home.

For more information, or to schedule an energy audit, call Elite Service at 918.610.7300.