Category Archives: Home Energy Audits

Search for savings this season in a home energy audit

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Douglas W. Marcille, Energy Industry Leader

From the crawlspace beneath the garage to the cramped attic beneath the eaves, no leak or cold draft escaped the attention of Gary Wood, a home energy auditor shimmying through the unseen corners of the Wilkinson residence on Squak Mountain. … Continue reading →

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Professional Home Energy Assessments

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Douglas W. Marcille, Energy Industry Leader

Professional energy assessments generally go into great detail. The energy auditor should do a room-by-room examination of the residence, as well as a thorough examination of past utility bills. Many professional energy assessments will include a blower door test. Most … Continue reading →

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Home energy audits: Doctor’s checkups for a house

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Douglas W. Marcille, Energy Industry Leader

Jim Alexander, a real estate agent in Atlanta, decided this summer to subject his own 11-year-old house to an energy audit. “If this was something I was going to recommend to my clients I wanted to see for myself how … Continue reading →

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Low E Sound Cool, Supposedly Work Even Better

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Damian Styers

Now that the green movement is on in full force and we’ve all become conscious of how to make our homes more efficient, the change has started the race for big businesses who supply to our every demands.
Well, now the demands are for more home energy efficient products and suppliers are on the move. We’ve [...] Continue reading →

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How Will BP Oil Spill Influence Home Energy?

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Damian Styers

If you were thinking about getting a home energy audit so that you can be more energy efficient around the house and save some money, now might be the best time to do it.
As we all know, there is a huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that is costing roughly between 1000 – [...] Continue reading →

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Cash For Caulkers: More Jobs, More Energy

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Damian Styers

It’s getting close to that time where you need to find your local home energy auditor. Have you heard about the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act? In simpler terms, it’s called Cash For Caulkers.

It follows the lines of it’s predecessor, Cash For Clunkers, which was a successful bill in 2009 that allowed owners of gas-guzzling [...] Continue reading →

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Let Us Schedule Your Home Energy Audit

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Damian Styers

You’ve finally made the right decision, you want to have a home energy audit of your home done. Your goal is to save on energy costs, to consume less energy and to ensure your home is performing as energy-efficient as possible. Now what do you do? Where do you turn? How do you go about [...] Continue reading →

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Home Energy Audits Reduce Energy Costs

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Damian Styers

If you’re like me, you’re always amazed at how high your energy bills are in non-peak season. It’ would be May and my energy costs would be higher than I anticipated. If this is the case in your home, chances are you need a home energy audit in order to become more energy-efficient and save [...] Continue reading →

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