Standard concerns correlated to Energy Audits

Energy efficiency is coming through as a major cry to preserve the environment and lower the monthly bills. Many home owners today get their house audited to check the energy efficiency of their house and carry out improvements to better it. However, there are many homeowners who continue being not aware of this trend and proceed to stay in homes that deliver significant energy bills month on month. This article attempts to explain all aspects of Energy Audits.

What are Energy Audits?

A home energy audit is a process when a certified professional evaluates your house to check its energy efficiency and suggest improvements for the energy performance of your house. Also they suggest which improvement needs to be done before to get you maximum savings.

How will the energy consultants check the efficiency of my house?

Mainly energy auditors decide the energy productivity of the house by examining the amount of energy leaving your house. This is accomplished by using a blower door test. For this the energy auditors fix a strong blower to an outside door of your home and turn it on. The blower operates as a vacuum and sucks the air in the house. This results in the pressure within the house to lower and the high pressure air blowing in the house through cracks can be easily determined. The auditors make a note of this. Also they use particular tools to check the areas of air leak in the house.

The energy auditor will also check the characteristics of your home's thermal envelope i.e. walls, ceilings, floors, doors, windows, and skylights. The R-value for them is calculated. Even your appliances like heating, ventilation, air conditioning etc. are evaluated to check for proper functioning.

What recommendations will the energy consultant make?

After checking the entire house for its efficiency the auditors prepare a list of recommendations and arrange as per priority. The changes they can recommend include -

• Changing inefficient light bulbs to energy efficient bulbs

• Use of better hot water heaters and furnaces rather than the outdated and inefficient model

• Tips on extracting the most out of your home appliances

• Insulation to cover the gaps and cracks in the walls


What are the benefits of energy audit?

Many home owners have observed a decrease of 20% - 30% and more on their heating bill and 3% - 10% on the electric bill. This leads to a decrease of 25% - 45% monthly in the energy bill, thus you achieve major savings on your utility bills.


The other benefits you can get by an energy audit is -

• You know where to begin with the changes

• You get an account of the amount and kind of energy leaving your house

• By implementing the recommendations made by the auditors you can improve the value of your house


Many people contemplate doing a home energy audit by themselves. This is not a very good idea. Hiring a specialist to do so will get you better results. Certified energy auditors have years of experience in reviewing the energy performance of many homes. Also their suggestions deliver assured results.