how much can i save with an energy audit?

How much energy and money can you save from an energy audit itself without implementating any of its energy saving recommendations? Nothing. You have to act.

How much energy and money can you save from an energy audit when it is conducted by a firm who also just happens to sell expensive energy related products? It depends if they are honest or simply trying to make money selling you their own products.

We had an energy audit performed on our home by an independent accredited firm a few years ago. You can read about our experiences here if you like and see the audit report they gave us:

http://dailyhomerenotips.com/ecoenergy/

It recommended solar PV panels but we didn't and still don't have the money to invest in them so we didn't act. Same for a solar water heater.

However, we did act on the low cost items in the energy audit report like sealing air leaks around windows, doors, etc.

We also did steps which were not included in the energy audit report such as installing low cost exterior solar window screens to prevent most of the sun's UV rays from entering our home in the summer which kept the inside of our home cooler and reduced the amount of electricity consumed by our central air conditioner.

So, to most appropriate anwer to your question is, unfortunately, 'it depends'.

If you meant to ask, 'will I be able to more money than the cost of an energy audit?', they typicaly the answer is yes but it might take a few years.

Remember, there are literally hundreds of ways to reduce your energy bills in your home without an energy audit....most of which are simple and easy to do and cost nothing or next to nothing. You could start with those and then with the money saved pay for your energy audit.

It depends. I am an energy auditor. It would be good to know if you have high energy bills, if you have rooms that are too hot in the summer or too cold in the winter, do you have drafts in your home or lots of dust. We would have to do the test to know how your home is "performing", then could give you the information so that you know for sure what is happening with your home and what you can do to fix any issues. Be careful when getting an energy audit from a company that is trying to sell you something. Also be careful in getting an audit from your energy provider. Try to find an independent third party energy auditor that will give you the information from the test and tell you exactly what is happening with your home without any agenda to sell you something. If any of this makes sense to you it may make sense to get a home energy audit. Try www.proenergyconsultants. com. They offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

Depends on what they find.

Just applying common sense and research will save you a lot of money, thus making an energy audit redundant or wasted money. If you do not have the time, the inclination, or the knowhow, an energy audit might be just the thing for you to do.

Most of it is weatherization.

You can rent the thermal imaging gear they use, which can tell you a lot from missing insulation, dislodged insulation, air leaks, and things of that nature.

The house pressurization test makes it look like the inspectors are doing alot, but all they are doing is just finding leaks faster. Something a little common sense will do just as well. Use the windy days to your advantage and use candles to locate where your leaks are, and fix them.

You will find this site very interesting because he covers a lot of ground and many areas.

http://www.builditsolar.com/

It depends how much you use. With a good energy auditor, and if you followed all their advice, you could save all the energy you use now. But of course this would mean some drastic and expensive changes to your lifestyle.

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Here are the annual estimates from above calculated (divided by 365) for a day-to-day perspective…

100 million rolls of toilet paper used resulting in…

41 thousand trees pulped…

1.3 billion gallons of water consumed to produce the paper…

693 tons of chlorine applied in the bleaching process…

47 thousand megawatts of electricity wasted

It can tell you where you are wasting energy as for how much you could save that would depend on how much your wasting? Is this a trick question?