Princeton Air, in partnership with GreenHomes America and the Building Performance Institute (BPI), offers you an outstanding opportunity to get a home performance assessment.
Sometimes a home performance assessment is called energy assessment, which is quickly confused with an energy audit. But we draw these distinctions:
Energy Audit: A home energy audit is often the first step in making your home efficient. An audit can help you assess how much energy your home uses and evaluate what measures you can take to improve efficiency. Basically, this is a visual inspection focusing only on energy efficiency. We will show you problems that may, when corrected, save you significant amounts of money over time. Our experts use a variety of techniques and tools to determine the efficiency of your house. Audit may include hot water inspection, gas leakage, carbon monoxide spillage into your home, equipment efficiency, etc.
Comprehensive Home Energy Assessment: This category is the highest level of energy analysis, gained only by certification of specific testing, such as merit badges for each type of testing. This assessment takes longer, usually around two hours, and is ideal for homeowner who wants a detailed cost-benefit analysis. With a Comprehensive Assessment, homeowners can also qualify for a Green/LEED/HERS or other rating. A Comprehensive Home Energy Assessment takes a complete visual inspection of all the components of a home and their operation. This assessment considers how all the components of the building work together and their effects on health and safety, building durability, comfort, and energy efficiency-work outside the scope of a standard home inspection. Assessments may include advance pressure testing, heater, distribution and comfort diagnostics. Even more advance testing may include IR, moisture and solar testing.
Here is what Princeton Air will do:
We will perform a Comprehensive Home Energy Assessment and run a “total system” inspection, including your living space, attic, basement (or crawl spaces) and perform a number of computerized tests and report on the current conditions in your home, including the following
Health and safety (carbon monoxide levels and moisture problems)
Air infiltration rates
Insulation levels
Infiltrometer (aka Blower Door, which is used to measure air infiltration rates)
Blower door test
Thermal imaging (infrared thermography)
Domestic hot-water system efficiency
Heating system efficiency
Cooling system/central air conditioning efficiency, if applicable
Lighting, if applicable
Major appliances, if applicable
Then we will use the findings to develop proposed improvements with estimated costs and energy savings.
If you want to schedule a comprehensive home assessment, just click here and we will contact you shortly.
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Building Performance Institute (BPI), offers you an outstanding opportunity to get a home performance assessment.
