Energy Audit! A basic need..

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What's Home Energy Audit ?

Its a common wish to have an efficient home and what's the way to achieve that?Its simple,just think of a energy efficient home. Till mid 2007, there is no nationally-recognized uniform definition of home energy audit.The organization called ResNET is currently investigating this topic and has formed a task force to come up with a working framework.

A Home Energy Audit includes recording various characteristics of the building envelope including the walls, ceilings, floors, doors, windows, and skylights. It may also include creation of reports based on local climate criteria, thermostat settings, roof overhang, and solar orientation.


Do you really need a energy audit?

Energy audit that every home needs and is kind of mandatory for the industries as well. This not only helps you to calculate the amount of energy that your home consumed but also helps in cost reduction of energy bills and making you socially responsible.

All that you need is just some of your ulility bills of last few months.Simply compare them and keep a track record of the changes that you notice,carefully analyse them and make a note of it.

How to go with Energy audit?

You may a starter who may need a professional advice or you yourself is a professional who just want to avoid tire some paper work, seeks an automation for the process.

If you are doing it for your home its a basic paper work that needs your utility bills only. And the greatest advantage for this is that you may also save your electricity bills along with doing a good to the ecology.

Iif you are a professional providing energy audit service and seeks automation you may try some software for that. One of the software for Sustainability Assessments energy audits that i found to be helpful is Offsetgo. But first be sure that you really need it since ther's no point in unneccesary investment.

Advantages of Energy Audit?

  • Helps to reduce global warming
  • Reduction to energy losses
  • Saving energy leading to reduction of cost

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