Home Energy Audits
Visit residential buildings and talk to owners and residents. Inspect, test, and measure to decide what energy-efficient retrofits are practical and cost-effective.
Specific purposes of an energy audit are to:
- Identify the type, size, condition, and rate of energy consumption for each major energy-using device.
- Recommend appropriate energy conservation, operation, and maintenance procedures.
- Estimate labor and materials costs for energy retrofits.
- Project savings expected from energy retrofits.
- Note current and potential health and safety problems and how they may be affected by proposed changes.
- Explain behavioral changes that will reduce energy waste.
Among the major goals of an energy specialist’s mission are to:
- Conserve energy and save money.
- Protect the environment by reducing the release of harmful energy by-products.
- Increase comfort in residential buildings.
- Enhance health and safety of building’s residents.
- Increase public awareness of energy saving products and procedures.