Home Audits Can Stop Energy Costs from Going 'Through the Roof'
Identifying problem spots and comparing bills can improve your home's energy efficiency.
This week's record high temperatures could give homeowners a chance to see just how well their homes perform in extreme temperatures. The U.S. Department of Energy recommends another way to identify energy-efficiency issues in homes: A home energy assessment or energy audit. The energy audit will tell you what improvements are needed to make your home more energy efficient and will project how much the improvements will save you in energy costs. To perform the audit, technicians will perform blower door tests. “Blower door tests are tests for overall air leakage of the house by blowing air out of the house,” said Zach Bidle, a program manager with Standard Energy Solutions, a division of Rockville-based Standard Solar, Inc. “The fan is set…
Aliza Zakheim
7:58 pm on Tuesday, June 14, 2011
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