INDIANAPOLIS – Cold weather has already arrived in Central Indiana, and there are several more months of freezing temperatures to go. Is your home ready for those cold nights and blustery days? The Better Business Bureau has some good things to check off the list to make sure you and your home are ready for […]
This Denver company has decided that now is a good time to start talking to homeowners about the importance of window replacement in Denver. As the cold months
don t ask/don t tell you how many dollars for per month. a of it rk a lamp. i have a small pool. so i plugged in my pool pump because my bill was higher than i thought it should be. i found out immediately, this was my pool was costing me $sick a month. so right off the bat, i put it on a timer, stow runs 12 hours on, 12 hours off, cut that to $30 a month. jamie: you can cut the usage, see where you need to cut or go to the power company and go, ah-ha. before we go, what would a professional coming in and doing an energy audit on a average-sized home cost? you know, it depends. a lot of times, in my area, to run the test, it s about $500 for them to come out and test your home, give you a detailed report of where your air leakage is and the problems you have. but if you want it fixed it could be from $1,000 to $5,000, depending on what you find. if you find that your duct work
with the economy like it is, people are hurts hurting on energy usage. one of the main things you can do is have a home energy audit. you can do it yourself, but in reality, it s a lot better if you have a professional do that because they can test for a lot of things you cannot do by yourself. home energy audit allows to you figure out how much energy your home is using or losing, every day. jamie: where do we lose energy? you know, when you do the home energy audit yourself, there is ways to go around and test, where have you air leakage. things like that. when have you it done by a professional, they are able to use a blower test tothat takes all the air out of your house and you can test the duct work and the return air, things like that. we have tested homes in the past and one out of three homes, the duct work is disconnectedconnect least one place and that s a huge energy waster. jamie: so you are saying that we are using energy in places
biggest leakage is in the basement area. we re sealing off where the basement foundation wall meets the main level. we re eliminating the source of a lot of air leakage in the basement. so what s the benefit? the less air leakage the homeowner has, the less the air bill. the only function of the heating and cooling equipment is to replace the air lost in their house. reporter: the benefit for his company, he hopes for a bounce in business. but not everyone sees the program as a win/win. yes, people will be happier. they ll be more likely to buy it if somebody else helps pay for it. that doesn t mean it stimulates the economy or helps create jobs. the money who comes to me comes spr somebody else who is spending less. reporter: the motts say it s the other way around. we need to take care of people here. yes, we need to dig a little deeper to do that, it s going to benefit the country in the long