Home Energy Audits - What an Energy Audit Can Reveal to a Homebuyer Prior to Purchasing
A home energy audit is a professional service that evaluates the energy efficiency of a house. The tightness of a home's building envelope; its walls, floors, ceilings, doors and windows, are tested using calibrated equipment to measure pressure differences, and by the use of infrared cameras to measure temperature differences. The energy audit seeks to find opportunities to reduce energy consumption while maintaining or improving comfort. For the majority of home buyers, their new home is probably the largest investment they will ever make, and one of the largest ongoing expenses of owning that home is the cost of the energy required to operate and live in it comfortably. The "gas mileage" a home gets is fast becoming a concern for many homebuyers and they are certain the cost of that "gas" will not be going down in the future. Although having an energy audit or having specific energy tests performed on a home has not always been a part of the buyer's due