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Health and air quality

Practical energy audit

$250 and up. Read everything below to get the details:

Regular energy audits include a lot of busywork like analyzing gas and electric bills, boilerplate explanations of how to make a “general home” more efficient, which is not customized to your home. We boil down the audit to practical fixes in YOUR older or newer but uncomfortable home. First we ask you where the home is Hot and Cold, and then we hone in on the solutions. *If you do need insulation work, good news is that there is a $1,200 Federal Tax Credit for insulation work in 2024, so schedule your energy audit and find out more.

Once we know your goals, we scan your attic, walls and crawlspace with a thermal camera that “x-rays” the insulation performance of these parts of your home, and then we actually get into these fun spaces to see what is going on. This provides you with a much more practical path to improving the insulation and airsealing of your home than analyzing your energy bills.

Very important note: This is NOT an Xcel Energy Audit for the Xcel Whole Home Efficiency (formerly Home Performance with Energy Star) rebates. Eco Handyman is however an approved contractor for their “stand alone” insulation and airsealing rebates which are fairly minimal these days. You will NOT get a 30 page document with boiler plate suggestions like a regular audit, you will receive a written proposal for the price to fix each of these items per “best practice” and a few thermal camera and regular photos of problem areas in your home inserted into the proposal. Thermal Camera Audit does NOT include use of a blower door.

You will also get FREE use of a radon monitor if you are willing to return it to us in Boulder, or just $50 more if you want us to return and pick it up in a couple days. Radon is the most important thing to check for indoor air quality in Colorado, and the EPA says you should do it very few years, even if you have a radon system, since levels can change as your home ages.

You can apply the cost of the audit to work with us if it includes insulation work. If you are a DIYer, let us know upfront and we can give you tips to do things yourself as well, and we can bid the items that require specialized equipment and experienced installers.

$250 for homes under 3,000 sqft located in Boulder, Longmont, Louisville, Superior, Lafayette or Erie. Additional $100 per 1,000 sq ft. after that, also add $100 for any home more than 15 minutes up a canyon, including Nederland, Jamestown, Sugarloaf, Lyons etc… you get the idea. Either way, we would love to help you, but need to schedule larger windows for outer locations. Schedule online, or call if you are not sure: 303.444.2181