HOME ENERGY AUDIT FACTS

A Home Energy Audit is the best way to assess how much energy your property consumes and where savings can be made.

Simply put, becoming more energy efficient saves you money. But how do you know what are the best products for your home? With the market awash with energy products all promising to be the best in their class, it’s important to seek independent impartial advice on what is the best solution for your individual property. DENNISON ARCHITECTS specialise in exactly this!

A Home Energy Audit will

• Establish the initial BER (Building Energy Rating) on your home
• Diagnose problem areas
• Make recommendations on how to address problem areas
• Outline costings on each recommendation
• Give details on how each improvement will impact on your BER

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Why should I get an Energy Audit carried out?
It’s a good idea to get an energy audit carried out on your house to assess heat loss through roof, walls, ground floor, windows, and your space heating and domestic hot water system. The home energy audit will highlight the energy loss through these parts of the home. The energy audit will advise on practical choices and solutions that will improve the energy efficiency of your home.

Recommendations made by a qualified energy assessor will ensure that you only install systems and technologies that are suitable to your home. Being qualified architects, we can assure you that our advice is based on many years of on-site experience.

What are the benefits of a Home Energy Audit?
1. In an environment of rising energy prices, it is now more beneficial than ever to be aware of the level of energy consumed by your home. This knowledge can be used to save money as you reduce your energy consumption.
2. The cost of the energy audit can be recouped quickly through adopting some of the no-cost and low-cost measures outlined in the accompanying advisory report. Implementing some of the high-cost measures can have even greater benefits over time.
3. The knowledge gained will build energy awareness in your family and home.

What does the Energy Audit cover?

• Electrical Usage
  • areas where you are using electricity unnecessarily
• Window and Doors
  • draught stripping
  • structural analysis
• Ventilation
  • analysis of current system – Natural or Mechanical Ventilation
  • feasibility study on ways to improve the efficiency of this system
• Lighting
  • percentage of low energy lighting throughout your home
• Insulation
  • checking of insulation standards in your home
• Space and Water Heating systems
  • assessing the efficiency of your current systems
  • analysing the hot water cylinder and plumbing insulation

Each of the above areas is analysed and examined for defects. DENNISON ARCHITECTS also highlight areas of potential improvement. It is essential that all of the above are working to the optimum levels as this will ensure that as little energy as possible is being used.

What then?
Our home energy audit comes complete with an advisory report. This report will outline, in plain English, areas where energy consumption can be reduced. The advisory report will detail easy to follow steps that will improve energy efficiency in your home. Any technologies we recommend are researched by our team to guarantee that they will be compatible with your home. Suggested solutions will come with an estimated savings forecast, which will specify an estimated return on your investment. We will also seek to find suppliers in your local area.

The report will outline in three simple stages the ways in which you can become more energy efficient: no-cost, low-cost, and high-cost. Quite often the audit will indicate that drastic action is not always required to increase the energy efficiency of your home. No-cost, simple measures can have a positive impact.

How do I find out more information?
Simply call DENNISON ARCHITECTS on 061 305080 and we will be more then happy to deal with any query you may have. We’re waiting for your call.