An energy assessment (energy audit) is a service that helps an owner identify, accurately and reliably, a building’s energy, comfort and health deficiencies. Using a scientific approach to building performance, a "whole-home" assessment is the easiest and fastest way to ensure that your maintenance or construction dollars are spent wisely.  To read more go to the Energy Assessment section of the website

 

 

An energy assessment will guide you toward the most cost-effective measures for  increasing your building’s comfort, durability, and indoor air quality. A building that performs to these standards reduces it's environmental impact, has lower operating and maintenance costs, which result in an increased desirability and value. Older buildings, and many newer ones as well, were built with the belief that normal gaps, cracks and holes (air leaks) in the building’s envelope (shell) allowed the house to breathe. Contrary to what they believed, houses don’t need to breathe, but it is the inhabitants, or occupants, of the building that do. With technology and using a scientific approach to building, it has been demonstrated that we should be “building tight and ventilating right" which results in better control of your interior comfort, cost, and air quality.

 

 

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There are a multitude of incentives and rebates for performing energy efficient upgrades (retrofits) to your home or business. Greening your business has never made so much sense! Allow Elm Energy Group to guide you towards maximizing your total investment, enabling you to save money and energy while increasing the comfort, health and durability of your building or home.

 

 

Energy Efficient financing is different from, and separate of, incentives and rebates. This financing is backed by the National Mortgage Association and allows homeowner’s to finance their energy upgrades via conventional financing terms. The two types are: Energy Efficient Mortgages (new homes) and Energy Improvement Mortgages (existing home upgrades). Through rating recommendations and a cost-analysis via a certified HERS rater, your energy upgrades can be financed, maximizing your cash flow and opportunities. See the Energy Efficient Mortgages section for more details and links.

 

 

The Blower Door is a powerful, calibrated fan that is temporarily sealed into an exterior doorway. The fan creates a slight pressure difference between inside and outside, and is used to determine the air-tightness of a building.

 

The Duct Blaster is basically a small blower door system that is used to test the air-tightness of the ducts (air distribution system) in the buildings.

 

See the page on Diagnostic Tools for more information.

 

 

An Infrared Thermal Imager is a calibrated camera that detects the light waves (heat) in the Infrared Spectrum. These cameras do not see through walls, as many times is portrayed on television, but do detect thermal signatures and anomalies associated with the heat transfer by conduction. The non-destructive nature of the IR Camera makes it a useful tool in discovering problems within your buildings in the most cost-effective manner.