Home Energy Audits in Manassas, VA

According to the Comfort Institute Free Special Reports and as recommended by EPA and DOE, you have to ask for diagnostic testing and equipment sizing calculations by your heating and cooling contractor before you buy a new indoor comfort system.

Your home could be one of the reasons why they do. A Whole House Comfort Checkup will help come up with ways to make your indoor air safer and healthier.

Too much or too little humidity in your home can lead to dry skin, bloody noses in cold weather, static shocks, mildew, mold and structural damage during summer. A Whole House Comfort Checkup will help you find out ways to keep the humidity levels in check.

The Department of Energy states that a typical home wastes 25% to 40% of the energy generated by the heat pump, the central furnace, or air conditioner. Are you guilty of that as well? Discover if you are and find out how to stop it!

All houses can have some air leaks. However, most homes leak more than the usually accepted standards. Signs that there are too many leaks include wasted energy, too much dust, not even temperatures in the whole house, cold drafts, the clammy air in summer, and dry air in winter. In contrast, some homes are too airtight. As a result, these homes may have unhealthy indoor air.

The Department of Energy scientists at Princeton University designed the blower door instrument. This gadget is often featured on television and in magazines. Some of the popular magazines where the gadget was featured include Better Homes and Gardens, National Geographic, Popular Science and This Old House.

With the use of an Infiltrometer, a computerized blower door system, the Comfort, and Indoor Air Quality Auditor will assess how leaky or airtight your home is. Plus, he can evaluate were improvements are needed.

It cannot be said that if you have seen an air leak, you have seen them all. All leaks are unique. From an air quality perspective, leaks around your doors and windows are good leaks because they allow fresh outdoor air in. On the other hand, leaks in your garage, attic, or crawl space are bad leaks because they allow dusty, polluted or moldy air to enter your home. Leaks in air ducts bring dirty air and hamper the efficiency of your heating and cooling equipment. While conducting the Infiltrometer blower door test, your auditor will isolate the areas where the worst leaks are. Plus, he will provide you with information regarding where improvements can be made.

Are there rooms in your home that are difficult to cool or heat? There are cost-saving solutions. Your auditor will utilize an air flow capture hood to determine how the levels of conditioned air that gets to these hard-to-heat-or-cool rooms. When airflow is low, the auditor will be able to determine the cause and he will be able to prescribe the right solution.