All About Ducts – Improve your Home Energy Score
Even in a temperate zone like Portland, life would be pretty uncomfortable without some kind of heating system. For most Portland homeowners, heat typically comes from an HVAC system powered …
How to Get Ready for your Home Energy Score
Ready to schedule your Home Energy Score report? Here are five tips for making the most of the experience. 1. Choose a reputable assessment firm. Before the Home Energy Score …
3 Tips to Improve Old Windows – Portland Home Energy Score
Windows can be a big efficiency drain on your Portland home, and they’re definitely a factor in your Home Energy Score. But while replacing them with brand-new models may be …
5 Best Upgrades for Home Energy Score
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 …
Adding Basement Insulation: DIY
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 …
5 Ways to Improve HVAC (Home Energy Score Boost)
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 …
Home Energy Score Guide to Portland Air Conditioning and Cooling
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 …
DIY: Seal and Insulate Your Air Ducts to Improve your Energy Score
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 …
Hot Water Heaters and Home Energy Scores
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 …
Improve Your Home Energy Score: stop air leaks
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. …