BUILDING EFFICIENCY

We are dedicated to finding ways to help you save money and build
equity in your home by reducing your energy use. We provide a full
spectrum of services to measure your home energy consumption and
plan cost-effective, energy-saving improvements including the design and installation of renewable heating, cooling, and energy systems. And we can help you navigate the maze of state and federal incentives to minimize the
cost of your energy saving improvements.

• Comprehensive Home Assessment: Our Building Performance
  Institute (BPI) Certified Building Analyst & Envelope Specialists
  are trained to come to your home and assess both the energy
  efficiency and safety of your home.
  
  
• Energy: Using state-of-the-art blower-door and thermal infrared
  camera technology, we will test your whole house for energy
  "leaks"; places indoor conditioned air is lost to the outside. We then
  devise a comprehensive list of home improvements, their
  associated costs, and the anticipated savings for each type of improvement. We will also calculate just how long it will take for you
  to recoup the cost of your improvements based on today's energy
  prices (Savings may be substantially greater as energy costs go up!).
  
  
• Safety: During the Comprehensive Home Assessment we also
  inspect existing boilers, furnaces, water heaters and other gas
  combustion devices for safety issues such as carbon monoxide
  leaking, improper flue draft, gas leaks, and more.
  
  
• Improvements: Equity Energy provides follow-up home improvement
  services including air sealing, duct dealing, and adding insulation
  to attic decks and rim joists. For larger insulation jobs requiring
  dense pack cellulose or high volume spray foam applicators, or for conventional heating system upgrades, we will work closely with
  customers to identify and contract other BPI certified contractors
  to complete work to BPI standards. We will gladly work with
  customers to ensure that insulation and heating work performed
  by others meets stated goals.
  
  
• Verification: After all improvements are completed, we will return
  with our blower door and imaging camera to inspect and quantify
  all air sealing and insulation measures on your house. The job is
  not done until we know you are saving energy!

PROCESS

• Call or email us at: info@equityenergy.net or 607-435-1364
  
  
• We will arrange a time to conduct an over-the-phone interview to collect information about your home's condition and your current energy usage.
  
  
• We schedule an appointment for a Comprehensive Home Assessment (CHA) including Blower Door Test and Thermal Infrared scan of your home. ($350) The Comprehensive Home Assessment takes about 3 hours at your home.  Several elements of your home energy profile will be assessed during this visit including:
  
  

  1.	Your home's energy performance including total energy demand and energy "leaks".
  2.	Safety status of your current combustion devices such as boiler or furnace, hot water heater, and other gas appliances.
  3.	A detailed report documenting the above as well as a suite of recommended home improvements to reduce your energy use.
  4.	Calculation of your Return on Investment for each improvement suggestion based on the amount of energy saved.

• The CHA report also will contain a list of recommended improvements, their costs, and the estimated savings in equivalent energy costs and will be delivered to you within two days of the field visit.
  
  
• We discuss the CHA report with you, present various options, and answer your questions.
  
  
• We assess the value and the costs of alternative energy systems for 1) heating, 2) cooling, and 3) power and hot water generation. We also provide costs of the improvements including the tax rebates.
  
  
• Once you have evaluated the approach and make a committment to the proposed energy solution, the work is scheduled, conducted and completed.
  
  
• We do a final analysis of your savings and reinspect the systems to make sure they are running optimally.
  
  

FEES

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