Home Energy Audits

Are you looking to improve the performance of your home? SWA can inform you on the most cost-effective strategies to spend money on home energy improvement. The auditing process helps determine problem areas in your building structure and/or systems and suggests solutions for reducing consumption of electricity, gas, and water.

With 3 easy steps, SWA staff can help you on the road to lower utility bills.

Inspection – Determine where you are wasting energy
Performance Testing – Quantify your home’s performance
Energy Modeling – Quantify the potential energy savings

A field visit is made to examine, measure, and evaluate the factors that affect energy use in your home (building construction and mechanical equipment). Measurement tools such as blower doors, duct blasters, trueflow grids, infrared cameras, balometers, and combustion efficiency test kits are used to assess equipment efficiency and air-tightness. Auditors also solicit information directly from the occupants to get a better sense of the typical operation of the home. Once field data are collected, the auditor can create an energy simulation model and use the model to quantify the potential energy savings for a series of recommended energy conservation measures.

Each project is different, because each homeowner and occupant is different. SWA’s staff will work with you to find the best approach for each situation. Using this information, you will be better informed to select the most appropriate measures to improve comfort, health, and safety while simultaneously reducing energy costs.

For more information, view: SWA Home Energy Audit Rates*

*These rates are as of October 2007. They may be applicable to change.