In order for us to qualify for the ecoENERGY grant program, Dritan Sahatci of GreenTech came by the house today to administer an energy audit.
The audit was incredibly straightforward, cost $341 (although we’ll get $150 back) and took all of 90 minutes to complete. Dritan inspected the insulation in the basement, walls and attic (which was apparently substandard or entirely nonexistent). He also did a walk-around inspection, plus a “blower door” test to find air leaks.
Dritan also confirmed that while we do qualify for the rebates, in some cases we only qualify for what we replace. For instance, it’s looking like the new home will have a total of 54 windows, but we’ll only be compensated for the existing 13. That said, we’ll probably get the maximum rebate for insulation improvement, what with us more or less starting from zero.
We won’t have the initial report for a few weeks, but based on his preliminary assessment (and assuming we go ahead with the various upgrades we’re planning on), it looks like we’ll qualify for $9000+ in government rebates.
Not bad for an audit that cost $191.