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A blower door de-pressurizes the home to allow for testing of air leaks.
By locating and correcting wasteful energy loss in your home, you will lower your heating and cooling costs - and cut carbon emissions.
WISE Home Energy Analysis
Woodmeister Initiative for Sustainability and Efficiency
Woodmeister’s WISE Home Energy Analysis is a results-oriented service designed to identify and correct energy inefficiencies throughout your home. This full-day evaluation locates areas of energy loss in your home – plus identifies strategies to lower your heating and cooling costs, improve your home’s indoor comfort and air quality, and reduce its carbon emissions. Many solutions are implemented that day, resulting in immediate, measurable benefits. Additional steps to bring your home to higher levels of energy efficiency are outlined in a complete action plan.
Immediate Benefits:
• Lower Your Energy Costs:
Eliminate air leaks to reduce your home’s heating and cooling costs.
• Enhance Your Comfort and Health:
Eliminate uncontrolled air flow in and out of your home to keep it warmer in winter and cooler in summer – and reduce allergens and pollutants from entering your home.
• Reduce CO2 Emissions:
Cut your home’s energy usage, lowering your greenhouse gas emissions for a healthier environment.
• Improve Home Safety:
Identify unsafe levels of carbon monoxide and visually check for mold, mildew, and asbestos to enhance your family’s safety and peace of mind.
How the Service Works:
The WISE Home Energy Analysis is conducted by trained technicians certified by the Building Performance Institute (BPI) and managed by Woodmeister. We perform a range of tests designed to detect air infiltration, throughout your home, and, based on these test results, implement on the spot solutions aimed at reducing air leaks and improving energy efficiency in your house. After the analysis, you will receive a detailed report that outlines recommended actions.
The WISE Home Energy Analysis Includes the Following:
• Preliminary Safety Checks:
We test for carbon monoxide in the heating system and around combustion equipment; visually inspect for asbestos, knob and tube wiring, and mold and mildew in the attic and basement areas; and check for satisfactory ventilation in the attic, bathrooms, and dryer.
• Blower Door Test:
Using a calibrated blower door fan, pressure - sensing device, infrared camera, and smoke stick we locate air leaks throughout the house.
• Step 1 - Immediate Remediations:
Based on the blower door test results, and with your permission, we seal leaks around exterior doors and windows; seal pipe and wire penetrations in the basement; close gaps in the attic walls, roof, and floor; insulate hot water pipes; wrap heating ducts.
• Detailed Report:
Within a week you will receive a detailed diagnostic repor t, summarizing your home’s energy index (HEI) rating, remediation actions implemented during the analysis, plus their projected benefits, estimated energy bill savings, and CO2 reductions.
• Step 2 - Recommended Actions
• Step 2 - Recommended Actions
The report will outline recommended actions that can be implemented in the future for greater impact on your home’s energy efficiency and cost savings.you can take to have a greater impact on energy efficiency and cost savings.