Are you worried about high energy costs, indoor air quality, or home comfort issues? You need a home energy assessment! An energy assessment is the first step toward improving your home’s energy efficiency and creating a healthier, more comfortable living environment.
Our Energy Audit Process
What Is an Energy Audit?
An energy audit or energy assessment is a comprehensive evaluation of your home’s performance, which impacts energy efficiency, health, comfort, and safety. It measures air leakage and energy loss, uncovers inefficiencies and safety issues, and helps you determine which problem areas you should prioritize when making home improvements.
What Is an Energy Audit?
An energy audit or energy assessment is a comprehensive evaluation of your home’s performance, which impacts energy efficiency, health, comfort, and safety. It measures air leakage and energy loss, uncovers inefficiencies and safety issues, and helps you determine which problem areas you should prioritize when making home improvements.
Benefits of a Home Energy Audit
The benefits of a home performance evaluation speak for themselves.
- Improving Comfort - By addressing issues identified during an assessment, you can improve the overall comfort of your home by eliminating temperature inconsistencies, reducing drafts, and more.
- Reducing Energy Bills - Implementing the recommended improvements from an energy assessment will improve energy efficiency and can significantly reduce your energy bills.
- Improving Indoor Air Quality - Energy assessments identify issues that may affect your home's indoor air quality, such as poor ventilation, moisture and mold concerns, or pollutants. Addressing these issues will lead to a healthier indoor environment.
- Reducing Environmental Impact - Improving your home's energy efficiency helps reduce your carbon footprint.
Signs You Need an Energy Audit ASAP
The problems caused by poor home performance can have serious consequences for your home and your family. If you’ve noticed any of the following issues in your home, you should schedule an energy assessment immediately.
- Comfort issues like uneven temperatures, cold drafts, cold floors, or a hot second floor
- Signs of moisture, condensation, or mold growth
- Indoor air quality concerns like excessive dust or allergy symptoms that get worse at home
- Inexplicably high energy bills
- HVAC and water heating equipment that needs frequent repairs
The Total Home Performance Energy Audit Experience
Total Home Performance offers comprehensive, whole-home energy efficiency assessments in the Maryland and Delaware areas. We take a holistic approach to home performance that considers every aspect of your home, including you and your family! Our residential energy audits include:
- Homeowner interview
- Interior examination
- Attic and insulation evaluation
- Basement and/or crawl space evaluation
- Blower door test
- Thermal imaging
- Detailed report of our findings
- Prioritized list of recommendations
- Review of the rebates and incentives you qualify for
What To Do After an Energy Audit
After your home energy audit, Total Home Performance will provide a complete audit report with pictures and recommended energy-saving strategies. These strategies typically include: