Fixing your Portland Crawlspace
Crawlspaces are common in Portland homes, and they are a secret weapon in home energy efficiency. Like a basement, a crawlspace elevates your home off the ground, provides a convenient …
Mandatory Home Energy Scores – Milwaukie, Oregon
The city of Milwaukie in Oregon is mandating home energy scores that fall within its boundaries starting tomorrow, Oct. 1st. 2020. This mandate for energy scores will cover most homes …
5 Ways Portland is Stopping Climate Change
From floods and natural disasters to the loss of iconic animals like the polar bear, climate change can feel like a problem too big to tackle. That hasn’t stopped Portland, …
Portland Indoor Air Quality and the Home Energy Score
Most of us don’t think too much about air quality inside the home. But Portland summers come with a good amount of outdoor air pollution from wildfire smoke, increased traffic …
5 Things To Do Before a Home Energy Score
To obtain the required Home Energy Score assessment in Portland, you really only need to do one thing: Make the appointment. However, our customers do ask us how they can …
Top 3 Ways to Improve Energy Bill while Staying Home
Several weeks into social distancing and working from home, many people in Portland are starting to see an impact of the pandemic that they might not have expected: Increased energy …
What is a Home Energy Score Report?
You scheduled online or made the phone call. A Home Energy Score Assessor came to your Portland home and did the assessment. Then they handed you a piece of paper, …
Cash Back for Energy Efficiency Improvements in Portland – 2020
Did you know that homeowners in Portland are eligible for cash incentives and low-interest loans to make energy efficiency improvements? If you long to snug up your home but are …
Guide to Choose a Home Energy Score Provider
We know there are a lot of choices out there for getting a Home Energy Score in Portland in 2020. When this program was first enacted in 2018, almost a …
Portland Home Energy Ratings and Certification Guide
Buying a new home? You may be wondering what the different energy efficiency ratings and certifications mean. From EPS to LEED to HES, there are enough acronyms out there to …