Home Energy Audits

Has your congregation gotten or considered getting an energy audit? You can take the next step and get your home audited for energy efficiency too. A home energy audit allows your house to be assessed for all the cost-effective ways it can be improved to use less energy and lower your energy bill. In addition to saving you money over the years, this will ease your own impact on the environment and prevent more pollution, such as the greenhouse gas CO2, from being emitted into our atmosphere.

Do-It-Yourself

Checking out and trying some of the suggestions in this comprehensive Do-It-Yourself Home Energy Saving Checklist can be a great first step before a having a professional energy audit.

How to Find a Home Energy Auditor

GENERAL
The Residential Energy Services Network is a network of approved energy audit organizations that rate existing and proposed buildings’ “energy index” and find cost-effective efficiency solutions to reduce energy consumption in homes and other buildings. Through their directory, you can find certified energy raters in the greater DC area.

DC
Washington, DC’s Free Program
The DC Department of the Environment’s (DDOE) Home Energy Rating System (HERS) program identifies a home’s energy deficiencies and provides homeowners with cost-effective, energy improvement recommendations. District residency and homeownership are the only program eligibility requirements. To schedule a free HERS audit, interested residents should call Willie Vazquez at (202) 671-3304 or LaKeisha Estep at (202) 673-6733.

MARYLAND
The Energy Star Maryland Home Performance Program helps homeowners improve their energy efficiency, focusing on improving home heating and cooling systems, insulation, as well as Energy Star appliances. It is part of Governor O’Malley’s EmPOWER Maryland initiative to reduce energy consumption in Maryland.

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