Energy Audit Benefits

Energy concerns that you may have identified for your home from our checklist of Your Home's Energy Symptoms are typically associated with energy inefficiency, which results in excessively high heating, cooling and electrical costs. With today’s high energy costs and increased emphasis on energy conservation and environmental restrictions, more homeowners need an Energy Audit to improve energy efficiency, increase energy savings, lower heating costs and help the environment in the process. Green Certification can increase buyer appeal and justify a higher selling price for a home you are selling. An Energy Sustainability Investigation can assess your carbon impact on the environment based on your energy usage, plus the quantity of carbon your property is currently off-setting, as well as specific procedures you can initiate to maintain a balance in your property's carbon emissions.  And energy improvements can pay for themselves as described below.

Our Home Energy Audit is designed to diagnose energy problems and identify appropriate solutions. We specifically focus on the special energy issues pertaining to the many styles of existing homes that are exposed to similar climatic stresses in the Maryland region, including the Baltimore Metro as well as the Hanover, PA areas. Among the many benefits available through obtaining and implementing a Therma-Check energy audit are:

•        A more comfortable home in summer and winter

•        Lower energy bills by an annual average of 25%

•        Increased home market value

•        Potential energy tax deductions for energy improvements

•        Reduced pollution and greenhouse gas emissions

•        A list of improvements that should save more on your
         energy bills than they will cost when financed.

 Energy Audits and Improvements Can Pay

for Themselves

Regarding energy audit benefits, improved energy efficiency from renovations are the only home improvements that can actually pay you back.

Home sellers typically experience an increase in home resale value. Furthermore, with the information provided from a home energy audit, a buyer of an inspected home can include the resulting energy improvement costs in the mortgage, where the improvements can save more each month on the energy bill than they will add to the mortgage. In addition, together with the tax savings on the interest the improvements can save more money than they cost. More than that, upgrading the home's energy efficiency will significantly increase the home's comfort, and also benefit the environment. Our Home Energy Audit Report provides you with a projected financial return-on-investment analysis for major improvements that are recommended.

As shown below, Home Energy Audit and improvement costs for a new home can pay for themselves when rolled into the new mortgage, or into a home equity line of credit for existing homes. (more...)

 

 

*Assumes the recommended energy improvements are made; illustration only and actual results may vary for individual properties