Your home's efficiency & comfort are only as strong as your home’s ability to separate the indoor, conditioned spaces from the outdoor temperature & elements. You can have the most efficient Comfort System manufactured, but if your home allows for unwanted air exchanges between the inside & outside, you are still going to pay the price for it, be that through increased utility bills or decreased home comfort. In Home Performance Contracting, we refer to this as the home’s “envelope”, which defines the barrier between the inside of your home and the air outside; and the most effective way to address envelope deficiencies is through a combination of air sealing and insulation.
Unlike a paper envelope, nobody can simply look at a homes’ envelope to see the cracks and openings. You need a professional energy audit, performed by a Building Performance Institute (BPI) Certified Analyst using the right procedures & testing equipment, if you truly want to assess & address air sealing and insulation issues in your home.
Why Princeton Air is the top home Energy Auditor in NJ
- At Princeton we use a blower door to judge the Air Filtration Rating. A blower door is a powerful fan that mounts into the frame of an exterior door. The fan pulls air out of the house, lowering the air pressure inside. The higher outside air pressure then flows in through all unsealed cracks and openings; and an advanced pressure gauge called a manometer can measure the home’s total “leakage”.
- We not only look at home comfort issues, but also home safety issues. Thoroughly checking for high carbon monoxide levels or moistures problems during an energy audit will help keep your air clean and your family safe.
- We know you want to save money. That’s why we take into account the utility bills for the past year to find the best way to reduce them.
- Looking at the barrier between the inside and outside of the home is important, but often it is also necessary to look at HVAC equipment such as air conditioners and heaters; Identifying & addressing leaky or inefficient equipment can also lead to long term savings, for the environment and for your wallet.
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Solutions and savings after the energy audit is complete
Upgrading your home is more affordable now that up to $4,000 in NJ rebates and a 0% APR loan (up to $10,000) are available to New Jersey residents who participate in this program! Princeton Air is here to help you determine whether or not you’re getting the most out of your home’s potential performance capabilities, and it all starts with the energy audit. Contact us to learn more and schedule an Energy Audit today.
