ENERGY AUDITS
An energy audit is the first step to assess how much energy your home or business consumes and to evaluate what measures you can take your home or business more energy efficient, by performing a room by room examination of a structure as well as a thorough examination of past utility bills. A energy audit report will show you problems that may, when corrected, save you significant amounts of money over time. During the energy inspection, we can pinpoint where you are losing energy. Energy audits also determine the efficiency of the heating and cooling systems. An energy audit may also show you ways to conserve hot water and electricity.
At Golden State Energy Consultants, we use a variety of techniques and equipment to determine the energy efficiency of a structure. | |
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Thorough energy auditors often use equipment such as blower doors, which measure the extent of leaks in the building envelope, and infrared cameras, which reveal hard-to-detect areas of air infiltration and missing insulation.
Preparing for an Energy Audit
Before the energy auditor visits your house or office make a list of any existing problems such as condensation and uncomfortable or drafty rooms. Have copies or a report of your yearly energy bills. (Your utility company can get these for you.) Energy auditors use this information to establish what to look for during the audit. The energy rater first examines the outside of the home or office to determine the size of the structure and its features (i.e., wall area, number and size of windows). The energy rater then will analyze the occupant’s behavior.
- Is anyone home during working hours?
- What is the average thermostat setting for summer and winter?
- How many people live or work here?
- Is every room in use?
Your answers may help uncover some simple ways to reduce your home or office energy consumption. Be sure to walk through with the energy auditor/rater as they work, and ask questions.
Home Inspections covering the counties of the San Francisco Bay area such as Solano County, through Contra Costa County , over to Napa County and Sonoma County, Down to Alameda County, San Mateo County and Santa Clara County to the Central Valley of Sacramento County, El Dorado County, and Placer County including Lake Tahoe Homes, and other counties such as Amador County to Calaveras County, Stanislaus County and San Joaquin County and Sutter County, Yolo County, Yuba County, Nevada County and Colusa County. This includes outlyingareas for home inspection services.
Serving: Alameda county, Amador county, Butte county, Contra Costa county, El Dorado county, Glenn county, Marin county, Napa county, Placer county, Sacramento county, San Joaquin county, Santa Clara county, San Mateo county, Solano county, Stanislaus county, Shasta county, Sutter county, Tehama county, Yolo county, Yuba county.
Partial list of cities served: Sacramento, Roseville, Folsom, Granite Bay, Elk Grove, Ranch Cordova, South Lake Tahoe, Davis, Woodland, Stockton, Lodi, Galt, Yuba City, Marysville, Vallejo, Vacaville, Fairfield, Concord, Walnut Creek, Napa, Oakland, Berkeley, Fremont, San Jose, Santa Clara, Modesto, Tracy, Pleasanton, Santa Rosa, San Rafael, San Francisco, Chico,
Oroville, Red Bluff, Redding, Orland, Corning, Paradise.
Golden State Home Inspections LLC • P.O. Box 658 Folsom, CA. 95763
Member of NACHI-National Association of Certified Home Inspectors
Ca. State Contractor License #913615
Phone: 800.441.0804 • Fax: 530.676.3098
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