Energy Savers & Air Quality Services

We offer Home Energy Audits - Click here for an article about Home Energy Audits.  Or , Click here for another article about Energy Audits from Fine Homebuilding Magazine.

An Energy Audit will help make your home safer, more comfortable and easier to maintain while helping to reduce your energy bills and reduce your carbon footprint.

We provide you with personalized Energy Star Checklists for Improving your homes insulation, duct systems and reducing drafts

 Click here for a video explaining what to expect on a full-service home energy audit (courtesy of Fine Homebuilding Magazine).

 We also offer Energy Audits for commercial buildings and businesses.

We, uses a "whole house" approach, evaluating:

• Heating and cooling equipment
• Insulation Levels
• Air leakage
• Windows and doors
• Appliances and lighting

• Health and safety check (carbon monoxide levels, gas leak check, moisture, asbestos and indoor air quality problems)
• Overall comfort level (cold/hot spots, indoor air quality stuffiness/stale odors)
• Air infiltration rates
• Insulation levels
• Heating system efficiency
• Cooling system efficiency, if applicable
• Domestic hot water system efficiency
• Major appliances
• Lighting

 Some of the tools we use are:

• Carbon Monoxide (CO) Analyzer: important health and safety tool
• Gas Leak Detector
• Pressure Gauge to measure chimney draft and determine if chimney is operating properly
  
• Blower Door: measures the air tightness of a home and aids in identifying areas where air leakage is occurring

We can also recommend contractors for the proposed improvement work.

We offer services for Architects and Builders, such as, heat (and cooling) load calculations        (Manual-J, Manual-D, as well as design / consultation on mechanical systems and solar systems

We specialize in finding the causes of difficult building problems such as mold, drafts, high utility bills, Indoor Air Quality problems - and we always recommend solutions.

Andrew also conducts energy audits of commercial buildings (over 20 so far).