Improve an Existing Home
It isn’t easy being green, but you don’t need a new house to do it. We started our business based on the idea that we can not afford to ignore existing homes. The place to start is with a home performance analysis. When you are ready we come to your home and spend a day taking measurements which include:
- Building air leakage.
- Heating and Cooling system efficiency analysis.
- Insulation quality and performance
- Window performance
- Duct leakage
- Combustion safety analysis
- Water heating analysis
- Moisture management and building durability
- Ventilation analysis.
- Miscellaneous electric load analysis.
We tailor our inspection to the clues we find in your house. We then track problems to their source and identify the remedies. We will provide you with a report detailing the performance of your home and it’s systems. When you take the time to learn about your home, you will realize that there are many opportunities for improvement in the energy efficiency, comfort and durability of your home. Consider our report a road map for improving your home.
Energy efficiency isn’t the only thing that is important. Most people spend a great deal of time money and effort to have comfortable vehicles, clothing, furniture and other creature comforts. Often these same people feel there is not very much that can be done to make a home feel more comfortable in terms of temperature. What would be the value of walking into your home and not noticing hot or cold rooms, just comfortable rooms. Would it be just a nice bonus to know that your using less electricity or gas?
“The average forced air distribution system in California leaks about 30%, or 200 CFM to 500 CFM. Sealing a system down to a 5% leakage rate (a 25% system leakage reduction) will reduce system energy consumption by about 19%.”