Category: Improve Your Home Energy Score – Do it yourself

Getting a better home energy score in Portland means making your home as efficient as possible. There are many projects you might take on to meet this goal — but …

What lies beneath? Most Portland homeowners would rather not venture down into their unfinished basements or cramped crawlspaces — the land of spiders, dust, and forgotten holiday decorations. But it …

The Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning, or HVAC, system in the home is perhaps the most-overlooked player in the energy efficiency game, but it is not something a home energy score …

With summer just around the corner, Portland homeowners may have their eye on a new air conditioning unit. Is this the year for it? While most Portland residents enjoy a …

Here’s a not so fun fact: According to the Department of Energy, the average home loses up to 30% of heated or cooled air through leaky air ducts. So it …

As a licensed Portland home energy score assessor, one of the most common questions I get before scoring someone’s home is “do my energy-efficient appliances count?” The answer, unfortunately, is …

Before you order your home energy score, it’s a good idea to look around your Portland home and take care of some low-hanging fruit to potentially improve your energy score. …

Welcome to the Portland Home Energy Score Do-it-Yourself blog series! Today we’ll cover one of the best, simplest and least expensive ways to boost your home energy score before putting …

Portland’s new Home Energy Score requirement is effiective Jan. 1st, 2018. Before you call your Portland home energy assessor to score your home, read our list of 4 things you …