An Energy Analysis for your Home begins with a survey of how energy is used in the home, how the utilities charge you for your energy and other services, and where losses or inefficiencies are observed. Further information on how you use your home and how you plan or wish to use your home will be gathered as well. The Energy Analysis Report will list what is already being done well, but will emphasize opportunities to reduce inefficiencies or utility costs.

For example, the major areas where energy and utilities are consumed in the home are lighting, heating, air conditioning, refrigerators/freezers, cooking, and washing/drying of clothes. Energy losses and inefficiencies are ways in which the functions provided by using energy are not as effective as they could be, such as air leaking around windows, poor insulation, inefficient lighting, wasteful appliances. New technologies and methods may be available to save energy and utility costs for many home applications of energy, and the opportunities to save energy and money will be detailed in the Energy Analysis report. Estimated costs will also be provided to help you decide which products, services or practices you would like to go forward with.

An Energy Analysis by WattWorks will help you to reduce energy waste, drop your utility costs, and lighten your home’s energy and carbon footprint on the world.

Some of the changes offered will be relatively easy and cost very little; other opportunities will take some planning and financial consideration, but you will know now that you have done as much as you are comfortable with, and you will know what your possibilities in the future can be, when it comes to saving energy.

Some of the potential improvements pointed out by an Energy Analysis can help you to improve your home’s appraisal and value, perhaps more than the cost of installation. This can be of particular value if you intend to sell your home within the next few years, as an energy efficient home will sell long before a house of unknown or poor efficiency.

Energy Analysis vs Energy Audit

An Energy Analysis is not the same as an Energy Audit. The audit process is defined by the certification body for each type of audit and typically includes only a limited number of areas to be examined in detail. An audit can include a quantitative measurement of the “tightness” or air leakage in a home, a recording of the official energy ratings of certain appliances and insulation, and will not typically include those areas of energy usage not permanently a part of the house. Also, an audit will typically point to areas needing improvement but may not offer choices for what those improvements are or cost.