What is a Home Energy Evaluation?
An energy evaluation is a comprehensive assessment of the energy efficiency of your home.
It takes approximately 1.5 to 2 hours for an on site home energy evaluation. The windows, mechanical systems, and insulation levels throughout the home are all taken into consideration during the evaluation.
Blower door air tightness test
This air tightness test helps us understand how drafty or air tight your home is. We will help you improve the air tightness of your home, and or let you know if the home is under ventilated. Air leakage accounts for 20-40% of heat loss in homes.
Our thorough energy evaluation will determine the amount of heat loss from each component of the house. Our findings from the evaluation estimate the current energy consumption of your home and inform our upgrade solutions.
We look at Windows/doors, insulation levels throughout the home, heating/cooling, ventilation, and hot water systems. And will walk you through which upgrade is the best for your home.
EnerGuide Rating
Basically, the data collected during the evaluation is entered into an energy model that generates an EnerGuide Rating for the house. Comparatively the rating shows how much energy your homes uses. Finally, the rating shows by comparison of your home to a new home. As well as the current homes rating. However, we’ll also break down the most cost-effective upgrades in order of their importance so you can make the necessary improvements that fit your budget.
Furthermore, the EnerGuide rating can also be used to showcase the upgrades you’ve done to your home when it comes time to sell. To conclude, why wouldn’t you get a home energy evaluation !
Home Energy Evaluations Can Reduce your Energy Consumption by 40% or More.
The EnerGuide report provides valuable information about your home.
The findings from the evaluation allow you to make informed decision on the most effective improvements to make to increase the comfort of your home, decrease your energy bills and help to reduce your home’s impact on the environment!
Rebates
Once the evaluation is complete, the homeowner is eligible for Energy efficiency rebates. A great resource to browse available rebates through BC Hydro and FortisBC is available on our Grants and Rebates page. We ensure to make the application process for grants and rebates easy with offer complimentary consultation and assistance with the related paperwork!
Lastly, after making the suggested upgrades, our team of experts can verify they meet the requirements for specific grants and rebates. Meanwhile the energy advisor at your home will visually verify your upgrades, and assist you with the necessary documentation.
In the final analysis, you EnerGuide will go down, therefore you save money. Lastly, your utility bills get smaller !
Infrared Thermal Imaging
Given these points, a great additional service to include when our team visits your home is infrared. This allows us to locate problem areas in your walls, floors, ceilings, by identifying cold spots, missing insulation, air leakage.
Sustainability
Using less energy isn’t about making drastic lifestyle changes or unwanted sacrifices. Conservation and efficiency measures can be as simple as improving insulation levels for new buildings. Even replacing an old refrigerator with a more efficient one can make a big difference. In fact, improving energy efficiency often provides an improvement to your lifestyle.
Reduce your energy needs
A poorly insulated or drafty house impacts the comfort of you and your family, regardless of how much energy and money you spend trying to keep it warm.
Green Buildings are part of the global response to increase awareness of the role that human activity plays in causing climate change. Buildings account for more than 40% of all global carbon dioxide emissions, which is one of the main culprits implicated in the phenomenon that is global warming.
Canadians spend close to 90% of their time indoors. This means that the buildings we live and work in are a big part of our lives. Buildings are also a big part of carbon footprint. The electricity and natural gas used by buildings makes up 55% of Vancouver’s total greenhouse gas emissions.
Fortunately, Vancouver is already leading the way for Green building designs as the industry continues to grow and innovate. Vancouver’s regulations for new buildings are some of the strongest of any place in North America. You can be a part of the change!
Add Capital To Your Home.
Our team is dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of homes, through building science and energy efficiency! Before your project begins we will help you decide what is best for your home
