Residential Energy Auditing Services

As a part of our Energy Advisor program, Pioneer currently has three services to help you to understand how your home uses energy:

  1. In Depth Phone Audit
    1. Typically requires a 5 to 30 minute discussion with person authorized on the account.
    2. Discuss current energy use trends compared to past. Can provide daily and hourly data to help troubleshoot high use issues.
    3. Can help to identify malfunctioning equipment in home. Examples include: broken well pump, leaky water heater, electric back-up running on heat pumps, electric heat running while in air conditioning mode, engine block heaters, increased occupancy.
    4. Can email or mail requested data in 1-2 business days.
    5. Working to integrate climate information in the future.

    Broken well pump example
    Emergency heat with AC example

  2. Check Appliance Energy Consumption with a Kill A Watt Meter
    1. Members can stop by one of our offices or a local library and borrow a Kill A Watt meter to measure the electric consumption of their plug-in household apliances.
    2. Good for checking refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers, entertainment centers, etc.
    3. 1 month loan period.
  3. Blower door test and infrared inspection 
    1. Blower door PDFAn in-home service to help members identify the location and severity of air infiltration in a home, as well as the location of insufficient insulation.
    2. Requires 2 to 4 hours to complete.
    3. Member must be present at time of service. It is highly recommended that the home owner who will make the repairs and/or contractor who will make the repairs be present during the audit. Contractors are welcome for learning purposes if the homeowner agrees.
    4. Air Sealing GuideHome profile information requested before field audit. Not a weatherization program – member is responsible for acting upon suggested energy efficiency measures. In general, the suggested improvements may cost between $500 - $5,000 to implement. 
    5. There is a waiting list for this service due to high demand. It will be fall or winter before we are able to assist anyone who is not already on the list. Members are encouraged to call 1-800-762-0997 or email to get their name on the list if interested, then read the "Air Sealing" guide provided here for tips on items they can address while waiting for the in-home audit.
    6. As of January 1, 2012, there is a $99 fee for Pioneer members for this service. This fee may be partially or wholly refundable as part of a pilot weatherization incentive program that will be implemented later in the year.
    7. If you would like to seek an outside auditing company and pay for their services, there are four companies in our region that offer similar services:

If you are interested in any of these services,
contact your Energy Advisor at 1-800-762-0997.

 

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