Energy Evaluations
Improving Household Energy Efficiency — Step One, An Energy Audit
If your heating bills seem to be out of hand this winter in the Metro-East area, your energy efficiency may be failing. A whole constellation of factors contribute to how much it costs to heat and cool your home, and inviting an energy auditor to review your home will help eliminate any second guessing on…
Read MoreMetro-East Homeowners Can Maximize HVAC Efficiency With a DIY Energy Audit
One of the best ways to cut your energy bills this summer is to perform your own energy audit. It only takes a few hours, and the results will help you find the air leaks in your home that make it harder to cool in the summer and heat in the winter. Part of the…
Read MoreThe Blower Door Test: An Essential Part of Your Expert Home Energy Audit
If you’re having a home energy audit conducted, a blower door test likely will be an important part of this home assessment. This test will establish how airtight your Hamel, Illinois home is. This means that you can identify places where warm air can leak into your interior from the outside in the summer and…
Read MoreFall’s the Perfect Time for an Energy Evaluation in Your Illinois Metro-East Home
Our Metro-East winters can be unpredictable, but we all know that phases of ice, snow, wind and plunging temperatures are going to be in the mix during the coldest months. So it’s best to be prepared. One of the most important preparations is having an energy evaluation done in your home during the fall. During…
Read MoreImprove the Comfort of Your Maryville Home With a Professional Energy Audit
Chances are, your home has a variety areas where energy is being lost or wasted, making your utility bills unnecessarily high. A professional energy audit can help you learn how and where you can save on energy use and expenditures in your southwest Illinois home. A home energy audit is an assessment of your home’s energy…
Read MoreIf Your Energy Costs Are Rising, There Is Reason — Find Out Why With An Energy Evaluation
If you have noticed that your energy costs have been steadily rising, you should have an energy evaluation performed so that you can identify the source of the problem and fix it. With winter arriving in a few months, you will begin to use your heating equipment more and more, making it even more important…
Read MoreMake A Plan For Efficiency With An Energy Evaluation
Are you considering an energy evaluation but aren’t sure what you’ll get? This guide will tell you what you can expect and what an energy auditor will do. A professional energy evaluation is simply an assessment of how your home consumes energy and protects itself from energy losses. It involves testing to see how efficiently…
Read MoreUnsure About Your A/C’s Future? Here’s Our Advice
You can’t predict the future. If you could, you would be too busy counting the millions you just won in the lottery to be reading this now. But, since you can’t see the future (and, most likely, don’t have millions in spare cash lying around), you face an important decision on whether or not your…
Read MoreOur Whole-House Energy Savings Ideas Just For Metro-East Homeowners
Energy savings is at the forefront of a lot of people’s minds today, fueled by job loss, the economic climate, and rising prices. In general, people are looking for lots of different ways to cut costs, and saving energy is one good way to spend less. Because heating and cooling costs, and energy use in…
Read MoreWhen It Comes To Precision Tune-Ups, Twice A Year Is Better
Your heating and air equipment is an investment for your family. You expect long life and years of consistent performance from both your furnace and air conditioner (or heat pump if you use one). The best way to get those long years of dependability is by having an annual precision tune-up on both. Before each season begins,…
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