Home energy audit not only makes you familiar about the energy consumption of your home but also paves way to minimize the cost of utilities for a life time. While the process would lead you to a money saving path, you can save some more money by adoption ‘ Do it Yourself’ Home energy Audit. Here is how you perform it.

Locate Air Leaks:

Did you know that from preventing air leaks you could save upto 30% energy used in a year? For this reason you should first begin by checking to see if there are any drafts(leaks) in your

1. Switch Plates
2. Electrical Outlets
3. Fireplace Dampers
4. Attic Hatches
5. Air Conditioners
6. Baseboards
7. Window Frames

Insulation Level:

It is important to determine whether the insulation level of your home is optimum. While constructing the house, the level fixed might have been in par with the standard level but now as the scenario is changing the insulation level might also need alteration. Hence look into the issue and solve it.

Monitor your Heating/Cooling Equipment:

It is necessary to monitor regularly the working of your heating and cooling equipments to make sure no energy loss is taking place. If you own an equipment older than 15 years, you might want to consider replacing it.

Lighting:

Lighting contributes to 10% of your electric bill hence make sure the wattage size of the bulbs used are apt for the purpose, else replace them. Try to use compact fluorescent lamps where the lights have to be switched on for a long time at a stretch.

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Today we are going to take a brief look on what home energy audit is. To put it in a simple manner, it is the first step you could take to know the energy consumption of your house. This way you would know how to make it more energy efficient. Audits can spot problems in your home when corrected can save you a lot of money. You would also know how efficiently your heating and cooling system works. You could learn though an audit how to save electricity and hot water.

Home energy audit can either be done by yourself or by a professional who would use equipments like blower doors(measures leaks in the building) and infra red cameras (to spot areas of missing insulation and air infiltration).

If you find this information useful then let me tell you, i have a lot more coming in future about home auditing.

]]> http://www.8000credit.org/910/home-energy-audit-basics/feed/ 0 http://www.8000credit.org/880/7-reasons-home-energy-audit/ http://www.8000credit.org/880/7-reasons-home-energy-audit/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:03:54 +0000 Teena http://www.8000credit.org/?p=880 If you are a regular reader of 8000credit, you must be familiar with the posts that tells you how to save money on travel, clothes, electricity bills, phone bills and television bills. Today there is an addition to this list. I am going to tell you how to save money on Energy and have a comfortable living while contributing to the ‘Go Green’ movement.

What will you gain out of home energy audit?

1. Save money on utility bills for all years to come
2. Learn to make your home feel comfortable during warm and cold seasons without having to spend a lot
3. Learn how your heating system works and why it doesn’t work sometimes
4. Learn to keep your home cool without the aid of air conditioning.
5. Less burden on earth
6. Spot the energy vampires of your house and learn to slay them effectively and save money in turn
7. Be sure about the safety of the air you breathe everyday

While this is just an attempt to creative an awareness about energy audit, more on this will be discussed in detail in upcoming posts.