Winter heating bills is one of the biggest spent in utility bills. The average household will pay $986 in heating costs in winter. Invest in an energy audit is one of the solution to lower your utility bill.
Hiring an Energy Auditor to assesses how much energy your home uses can make your home more efficient. With Energy Audit Professional service, you can reduce your heating bill by up to 40 percent.
The costs can range from $300 to $1,500 for an audit. But you’ll generally get more savings. And you won’t need another audit for another 15 to 20 years.
Here is the pricing based on Square Footage of Building:
- Residential: $449 baseline for building up to 2000 square feet, plus $50 per each additional 1000 square feet, or portion thereof.The audit includes diagnosis with the Blower Door and the Infra-Red camera. The audit will also include a combustion efficiency test on the furnace / boiler, and a CAZ (Combustion Appliance Zone) Worst Case Test. A full report of building information and remedial measures (with associated costs) is also included in the price, along with a list of qualified weatherization firms and helpful sketches and diagrams for some simple D-I-Y fixes.
- Small Commercial: $649 baseline for building up to 4000 square feet, plus $150 per each additional 1000 square feet, or portion thereof, up to a maximum of $2000.The audit includes diagnosis with the blower door, where safe and appropriate, and the Infra-Red camera. A full report of building information and remedial measures (with associated costs) is also included, as appropriate to client or participating program rules and guidelines.
- Thermal Camera Imaging Only: $225 includes Thermal Camera used while the Blower Door is running and Walk-thru Inspection. No report will be generated to describe remedial measures. If the conditions permit useable IR data to be gathered, a small thermo graphic report can be generated for an additional $50.
* Note: this price can be vary from time to time. It also depends on contractors you choose, and where you live in.
Another solution is you can do it yourself energy audit for your home. Of course you need to learn how to assess your home. You don’t need an advance training specially designed for Professional Energy Audit career to do your home energy audit. A Basic energy audit course may help you save up to 30% of your utility bills. You don’t need to spent too much money on thousand dollars course and expensive tools & methods to do it.
Learn more how you can do it yourself Home Energy Audit.
