energy audit
Home consumption review
An energy audit is a systematic assessment of how much energy a building or facility uses and where efficiency can be improved.
Auditors examine insulation, heating and cooling systems, lighting, and appliances to identify waste: The energy audit revealed we were losing heat through the attic.
Utilities and governments often subsidize audits to encourage conservation.
- air leaksUnwanted airflow through gaps
- heat lossWarmth leaving a system
- submeteringMeasuring usage per unit
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
- data loggingAutomated collection of measurements
smart thermostat · thermal imaging · electricity · utility companies · blower · certification · walk through · envelope · baseline · building · solar power · natural gas · insulation · BTU · power consumption · leak · furnace · utility
- energyelectricity, power, oil, fuel, gas
- environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
- resource conservationrecycling, composting, reusing, rainwater harvesting, insulation
- utilitieselectricity, water supply, public utilities, water line, gas service
- audits
- cost cuttingcost cutting, budgeting, cost reduction, budget, budget cuts
energy auditrenovation
Restoring to good condition
weatherization · implementation · retrofit · corrective action · remediation
energy auditwillful blindness
Conscious avoidance of knowledge
neglect · deferred maintenance · inattention · complacency · oversight