Energy conservation in residential homes refers to the efforts made to reduce energy consumption and promote sustainability within a household. This involves adopting practices, technologies, and behaviors that aim to minimize energy waste and lower environmental impact while maintaining a comfortable living space.
Energy-Efficient Appliances: Choose appliances with high Energy Star ratings to ensure they operate more efficiently and use less energy.
Proper Insulation: Insulating attics, walls, subfloors, windows, and doors to minimize heat loss during colder months and heat gain in the warmer months helps reduce the need for excessive heating and cooling.
Smart Thermostats: Use programmable thermostats to regulate heating and cooling systems, optimizing energy use based on the household's schedule.
LED Lighting: Replacing traditional incandescent bulbs with energy-efficient LED bulbs to save electricity.
Sealing Leaks: Identifying and sealing any drafts or leaks in windows, doors, and other openings throughout the home helps to prevent the escape of conditioned air.
HVAC System: Regularly servicing and maintaining your HVAC system to ensure it operates efficiently. This includes cleaning or replacing filters, checking for leaks, optimizing performance, and insulating ductwork to prevent energy loss.
Behavioral Changes: Adopting energy-conscious habits such as turning off lights and electronics when not in use, using natural light during the day, and washing clothes in cold water can help reduce energy consumption.
Our standard energy audit includes whole home air leakage testing. Visual inspections throughout the home for items such as, insulation, HVAC and duct work, lighting, appliances, etc.. Along with a comprehensive report of our findings and solutions to match.
Our advanced energy audit includes everything from our standard energy audit. In addition, we also test your duct system for potential leaks, test gas fired appliances for safety concerns, provide crawlspace inspections, along with thermal imaging to find potential hidden issues.
Based on the results from you energy audit, we can recommend solutions for you mitigate the issues on your own. Or, if you choose, we can correct the issues for you. Either way, after your energy audit we will formulate a report of our findings and the recommended solutions for mitigation. Once formulated, we will send you a copy of the detailed report to the provided email address.