Energy Audits
Home Energy Audits in Charlotte, Gastonia, Fort Mill & Nearby Cities
A Home Energy Audit is the first step to identifying hidden issues like air leaks, poor insulation, and inefficient systems. At GSM Services, our certified energy experts use advanced tools to uncover ways to improve comfort, lower energy bills, and boost air quality. Best of all, we're offering this service for FREE for a limited time to local homeowners! Schedule online in seconds - Visit our booking page and click 'Get a Quote' to book your FREE, no-obligation Home Energy Audit today!
What is a Home Energy Audit?
A home energy audit is a comprehensive assessment of a home's energy efficiency, air quality, and other factors affecting comfort.
Our Energy Audits Include:
- ✅ Air Leakage Check
- ✅ Crawlspace Inspection
- ✅ Attic Inspection
- ✅ Mold Check
- ✅ Blower Door Test
- ✅ Ductwork Inspection
- ✅ Humidity & Moisture Level Check
- ✅ Check insulation levels
- ✅ Analysis of Indoor Air Quality
- ✅ Thermal Imaging to Detect Leaks
We Are Currently Offering Free Home Energy Audits To Homeowners In Charlotte, Gastonia, Fort Mill & All Nearby Cities (Normally $249). *not valid on homes in middle of a real-estate transaction.
Key Benefits of a Home Energy Audit:
- ✅ Lower Energy Bills: By identifying and addressing inefficiencies, you can reduce heating and cooling costs by up to 15% according to EPA estimates.
- ✅ Increased Comfort: Proper insulation and air sealing eliminate drafts and maintain consistent temperatures throughout your home.
- ✅ Improved Indoor Air Quality: Sealing air leaks helps prevent pollutants & moisture from entering your home, enhancing the air quality.
- ✅ Environmental Impact: Reducing energy consumption lowers your carbon footprint, contributing to a healthier planet.
Home Energy Check List:
A certified energy advisor will conduct a thorough assessment of your home, evaluating the following:
- ✅ Attic Inspection: Check for any air leaks and insulation levels.
- ✅ Crawl Space Inspection: Check for any issues such as mold growth, humidity levels, air leakage, water pooling, etc.
- ✅ Blower Door Testing: Measures your home's air leakage accurately.
- ✅ Thermal Imaging: Identifies and seals small, hidden leaks.
- ✅ Insulation Evaluation: Assesses insulation throughout home.
- ✅ Ductwork Inspection: Checks for air leaks to ensure efficient airflow.
- ✅ Humidity Level Assessment: Ensures optimal indoor humidity levels for comfort and health.
- ✅ Air Quality Checks: Inspect for mold, mildew, dust, and other pollutants that could impact your air quality.
After the audit, we’ll review findings and solutions to improve your home’s comfort, health, and efficiency. Note: Audits may take up to 4 hours based on home size and issues encountered.
Top Causes of High Energy Bills & Rising Utility Costs:
High power bills are often an indication of low home energy efficiency. Here’s how:
- ✅ Poor Insulation: Inadequate insulation lets heat escape in winter and enter in summer, making your HVAC systems work harder and use more energy.
- ✅ Air Leaks: Gaps in windows, doors, and walls cause significant air leakage, forcing your HVAC system to run more often and increase energy use.
- ✅ Inefficient HVAC Systems: Older or poorly maintained heating and cooling systems can be less efficient, requiring more energy to operate effectively.
- ✅ Outdated Appliances: Older appliances use more energy than modern, energy-efficient models. This includes refrigerators, washing machines, and water heaters.
- ✅ Poor Air Ventilation: Inadequate ventilation can cause your home to retain heat and moisture, making it harder to cool or heat, thus increasing energy use.
- ✅ Lighting: Using traditional incandescent bulbs instead of energy-efficient LED or CFL bulbs can significantly increase your electricity consumption.
- ✅ High Humidity Levels: Excess humidity makes your home warmer in summer and colder in winter, leading to higher energy use.
Improve Air Quality, Comfort, Utility Cost & More
Hot or uncomfortable rooms, dusty home, Mold Growth, high power bills—sound familiar? These often indicate underlying problems. Issues like Improper Insulation, HVAC Problems, Crawl Space Issues, Air & Ductwork leaks, Humidity and more can all cause discomfort. A Home Energy Audit can identify these problems.
17 Signs You May Need An Energy Audit:
- Drafty Rooms: Hot, cold, or drafty rooms? It’s not always your windows. Common culprits include poor insulation, faulty ducts, HVAC issues, or air leaks. A home energy audit pinpoints the exact cause of discomfort or drafts.
- Mold or Growth In Home or Crawl Space: Presence of mold in your home or crawl space signals a moisture issue originating from within your home or crawl space.
- Dirty or Moldy Air Ducts: This may signal duct issues, air leaks, or humidity problems.
- Hot Rooms: Having some rooms that are harder to heat or cool indicates problems with your insulation, ducts, or the heating and cooling system.
- Dusty Rooms: It has to be coming in from somewhere! An improperly sealed home, leaky duct, and/or improperly balanced duct system are all potential culprits.
- HVAC System Runs Continuously or Turns On/Off Frequently: This may indicate an overly leaky or drafty home or an oversized or undersized heating or cooling system.
- Asthma or Allergies: Homes that are too leaky or drafty bring unwanted allergens into your home from outdoors - a sign that you may need to seal your home.
- Odd or Musty Smells in Home: Musty smells often indicate mold, even in small amounts. Airborne mold can impact your health and typically points to underlying moisture or humidity problems.
- Home Feels Humid Or Dry: High or low humidity can cause discomfort, mold, and home damage over time.
- Pests or Bugs in Home: If you're constantly treating your home for pest issues, you're probably treating the symptoms and not the source.
- Cold Floors: This is usually a sign of problems with your insulation, ducts, weaknesses in the thermal and pressure boundaries, and/or an improperly sized HVAC system.
- Room Over Garage is Hot or Uncomfortable: These rooms are generally neglected, with consideration to the envelope of the home. Because of this, they're often riddled with energy and comfort issues.
- Cracks in Walls: Although the blame usually lands on the foundation of the home, expansion and contraction from moisture levels and rotting crawl spaces can also lead to cracks in the walls.
- Wall or Paint Peeling & Cracking: This relates directly to the relative humidity in your home. If your home has excessive dryness or humidity; it's a sign of larger issues.
- Dirty Around Air Vents: This is an indication that condensation is occurring and collecting a higher amount of dirt. This is a good clue that other problems also exist.
- Home Has a Crawl Space: If you have a crawl space, you need an energy evaluation for many reasons. Energy loss, air leaks, water damage, mold growth, temperature imbalance, rotting wood... the list goes on and on. Simply put, there is nothing good about a musty, rotting, drafty crawl space beneath your home.
- High Power Bills: If you are experiencing high power bills, your home may need to be checked for any air leakage, insulation issues & more.