Is Your Home Leaking Money?
A BuyWise® Certified Energy Auditor can help you to reduce your home’s energy consumption and optimize energy efficiency.
In North America, buildings use about 1/3 of all energy consumed. Due to the high energy usage, they are a major source of the pollution that causes urban air quality problems and pollutants that contribute to climate change.
By utilizing tools such as a Blower Door, we can help you to identify areas in need of improvement. As part of our onsite evaluation, BuyWise will provide you with a detailed report of our findings as well as opportunities for improvement. Once the upgrades are completed, we can retest your home and provide you with a supplementary report and house rating.
Air Sealing Checklist: while operating our Blower Door, we will walk around the house with you and identify areas of air leakage such as:
- Doors
- Windows, Skylights
- Pipes
- Wiring that penetrate the ceiling and floor
- Recessed lighting fixtures which leak large amounts of air into unconditioned attic space.
- Air ducts, which can account for 20% of heat loss
- Exhaust Fans
- Crawlspaces, Basements
- And more…
Weatherization Solutions: as part of the onsite analysis, BuyWise will provide you with a report outlining solutions specific to your house, such as:
Insulate:
- Exterior Walls
- Floors, Exposed Floors
- Ceilings
- Around ducts and pipes
- Around water heaters (where applicable)
- Foundation wall and sill.
Replace:
- Old drafty doors with tightly sealing, foam-core doors.
- Old windows with low-energy, double-glazed windows.
Providing proper ventilation to unconditioned spaces to protect a building from the effects of condensation.
Install: modern, energy-saving heating and cooling equipment:
- Furnaces, Boilers
- Water Heaters
- Programmable Thermostats
- Air Conditioners
Contact BuyWise today to schedule your Weatherization Energy Assessment.
