Home Energy Audit

Yesterday Chris and I got a home energy audit. What a great thing to do!

It cost $325 and there is a rebate of around $100 from the Ontario government. We got the company Enwise to come in and complete the 2 hour energy audit.

There was some picture taking, some measuring of house dimensions, etc... The most fascinating was when the guy, opened our front door and created a new door frame and placed a fan in the middle of it to create a negative pressure. After a certain pressure was reached we walked through the house to see where all of our 'drafts' were.

A couple of spots we knew were bad but then there were some areas, like the electrical outlets throughout the house that were blowing lots of cold air in. Another surprise was some of our windows (all new) had a few cracks in the frames (from a dry environment) that were blowing cold air!

Well worth it and hopefully after sealing a few things we can save a bit of money on our energy bills!