Home energy Audits

HOME ENERGY AUDIT

A home energy audit is often the first step in making your home more efficient.

Completion of the home energy audit process will do more than increase the energy efficiency of your home.

A Home Energy Audit will:
     Improve the comfort of your home
    Increase its market value
     Control pollutants (Carbon Monoxide, soil and garage pollutants, and gas leaks)
     Qualify for Energy Efficient Mortgages
     Another benefit is that the process will help manage the moisture entering and exiting the building.      Reduce waste and pollution, protecting the environment.

Start to Finish

Texas Home Auditors offers the complete process. We will audit the house, provide a projected report, oversee the improvements, and provide the confirmed rating at the completion. If you are working with a bank or mortgage company we will work with them throughout the process.

Home Energy Rating System

The Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index went into effect July 1, 2006. It is a measurement of the energy consumption of a home when compared to a "Reference Home" built to meet the 2004 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC).

The Reference Home is given a value of 100. If a home has a HERS Index of 115 this means that the home is using 15% more energy than the Reference Home. A home with a score of 80 is using 20% less energy that the Reference Home. The lower the score the better.

The HERS Index takes into account a comparison of rated heating, cooling, water heating, lights, appliances, and any on site energy production.

Lending institutions will use this index provided by a Home Energy Rater to qualify homes for Energy Efficiecy Mortgages (EEM) and Energy Improvment Mortgages (EIM).

Vince Hoechten
Professional Inspector TREC 8689
713-705-6755

Certified Trainer

Moisture and fires are the leading causes of building damage to our homes each year. Moisture alone causes billions of dollars in property damage and millions of cases of respiratory disease each year. These threats from moisture are present during both cooling and heating seasons.

Water leads to building deterioration by biological pests; termites, dust mites, dry rot, mold, fungus, and rodents. These pests also create a threat to human respiratory health.

Water corrodes metal, dissolves glue, warps wood, and weakens mortar

Water reduces the thermal resistance of insulation and may permanently damage it.