Is There a Best Time of Year for an Energy Audit?

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Not sure when to schedule your Maine home energy audit? We have good news for you—a home energy audit can be performed at any time of year! 

Evergreen Home Performance conducts energy consults and energy audits near you year-round to help Maine homeowners learn:

  • How efficiently their homes are using energy

  • Whether opportunities exist to lower heating and cooling bills

  • How to maximize the benefits of energy efficiency improvements

Keep reading to learn more about what an energy consult or energy audit tells you about your home and why an energy audit is worth it any time of the year. 

Why Do You Need an Energy Audit? 

If you want to improve your home’s comfort and energy efficiency, Evergreen Home Performance can help you uncover your home’s inefficiencies and show you the best places to make improvements. 

What’s Included in an Energy Audit? 

  1. Before a comprehensive energy audit is performed, Evergreen Home Performance will conduct a free hour-long energy consult to reveal the ways in which you can: 

  • Make your home more comfortable 

  • Improve your home’s indoor air quality 

  • Save money on your energy bills 

  • Make your home more durable 

  • Increase your home’s value 

  • Reduce your carbon footprint 

With the results of your energy consult, you’ll get a big-picture understanding of your home’s energy problems. We’ll also outline our preliminary recommendations for home improvements including insulation, air sealing, basement encapsulation, and more. 

  1. If you want to move forward with the improvements, we’ll then complete your energy audit to kick off your project and help you qualify for Efficiency Maine’s generous rebates! This includes: 

  • A visual inspection of your home’s interior and exterior 

  • Thermal imaging to detect air leaks and gaps in insulation 

  • A blower door test to measure your home’s airtightness 

  • Health and safety testing, including carbon monoxide testing

We use energy audit diagnostic testing to confirm our project design and safety considerations and ensure that your home upgrades deliver the maximum benefit for your family.

  1. When your project is complete, we’ll finish with a test-out, which includes a second blower door test to verify that our work has made a difference. 

Take the First Step Toward a More Comfortable, Efficient Home 

Evergreen Home Performance is a trusted, local energy auditor near you in Maine, and we can help you make the upgrades your home needs most. Whether you’re dealing with high energy bills, a damp and musty basement, or a hot attic, we can find the best solution. We utilize building science principles to give you the comfortable, healthy, energy-efficient home that you deserve. With Evergreen, you get real solutions that will benefit your home and family for decades to come. 

Whether it’s winter, spring, summer, or fall, give Evergreen Home Performance a call to learn how a Maine energy audit or energy consult will help your home improvement project. We serve homeowners in MidCoast Maine and have worked in more than 130 Maine towns. 

Looking for an experienced energy auditor near you? Call 207-594-2244 or contact us to schedule a free energy consult.

Improve your home’s energy efficiency! 

Schedule a free energy consult today. 207-594-2244

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We just finished a large project of air sealing and reinsulating our 1890s basement and attic which had been completely renovated 8 years ago but still felt cold and lacked proper energy assessment and corrections. We met with Justin in December and were very impressed with his knowledge, professionalism and communication skills and knew Evergreen was who we wanted to work with. Dave was our on hands project manager and was excellent. The office staff has been quick to respond and helpful as well when needed.

Emily Gallant

In the final stages of selling our home, and with a closing date set, an inspection came across an unanticipated issue in our attic. We quickly called in contractors, but nobody was able to identify the source of the problem. Then we thought of Evergreen. Brian Robinson was on site the next morning and immediately identified the source (a faulty roofing job completed three years earlier which had effectively sealed up portions of the ridge vent and restricted air flow - not easily visible with a quick inspection).

Robin McIntosh

Camden

We couldn't be more pleased with the easy, professional, high-value service from Evergreen. Having purchased an older home that had been in our family for generations, we needed multiple upgrades, including insulation throughout. Evergreen insulated our attic with blown-in cellulose, built a new, super-insulated attic hatch, sealed off the old one (which was just a piece of plywood in a closet ceiling), and also talked us through our best options to upgrade our heating system given the plans we have to add onto the house.

Tom G.

South Thomaston

Evergreen came back this year to finish insulating our house. We have been remodeling and renovating an 1850s cape for several years. Their employees are very professional and pleasant to deal with. Over several years Brian Robinson has been able to schedule us in for several small areas that needed addressing and finally turning a room we used to close off in the winter into a comfortable usable space. We primarily heat with wood and since Evergreens great work our furnace has only come on ONCE this winter. Fantastic. Really satisfied customer in Thomaston.

Chris F.

Thomaston

Working with Evergreen was a dream! Professional, knowledgeable, and super clean work. Communication was fast and service impeccable. The bedroom floors in our 1960's split ranch will be warm with the new insulation between them and the garage. Bring on the snow! (not really, but sort of)

Jess Dee Proctor

Professional, friendly and hard-working staff. The product/approach they use for insulation is top notch. We felt the difference immediately, both from added warmth and eliminating drafts. The team and management were easily available to answer our questions or coordinate meeting times. Highly recommended.

Kevin J.

Yarmouth

I waited a year to write this review. Evergreen finished our job late last winter. Terrific results!!! we've gone from 12-day propane deliveries to 30+ day propane deliveries. The house is noticeably warmer. The Evergreen crew was/is professional, prompt, thorough, scientific, gracious and immaculate with respect to keeping our house clean. Money well spent.

John E.

Boothbay

Thorough, smart, informative, integrated, and communicative -- that's how my experience was with Evergreen even with the covid interruption midstream. The team picked up where they left off, insulated basement and air sealed attic and knee wall in 100' temps under the eaves! This business group was a pleasure to work with.

Karen W.

Gray

We initially contacted Evergreen through Efficiency Maine for an energy audit, which was conducted promptly and professionally by Justin McEdward, one of their Energy Advisors who is BPI-certified. After a thorough inspection of our newly purchased home, Justin explained in great detail what we needed and did not need. It was agreed that Evergreen would remove all of the existing attic insulation, which was not adequate, and replace it with blown in cellulose, to a rating of R-60.

Thomas W.

Scarborough

The Evergreen team was amazing from initial assessment and planning to the crew that came to complete the work. Our basement encapsulation is the best money we've spent on our house by far. The work was thorough and high quality. And what a wonderful group of people to work with. I highly recommend Evergreen!

Martha Bracy

Evergreen completed the work at my home thoroughly and professionally. An inspector from Efficiency Maine came to inspect afterwards and described it as "state of the art" and "outstanding". The crew was very pleasant and considerate during the project. Their cleanup each day was perfect. Communications with the office were easy and reliable. I am very satisfied.

Catherine H.

South Portland

My husband and I bought a home on the water in Owls Head and decided to make the investment in Evergreen's recommendations for insulation. Brian Robinson spent 3 hours examining every nook and cranny before he made practical suggestions and explained them thoroughly to us.

Marie McNeely

Owls Head

The Evergreen crew from initial inception to installation were professional, on time, and left our place spotless. The end result was exceptional.

John Brown

We needed basement encapsulation to stop moisture coming up into the house from our regularly flooding basement. We had mold growing on windowsills and furniture. All the staff were friendly, respectful of our home, and easy to work with. Humidity has gone from 70% down to 40% and mold has not grown back after two months. Very grateful.

Sarah C.

Belfast

I am very pleased with my experience with Evergreen Home Performance. I met several times with Richard Burbank and he was very detailed in his explanations to all of my questions. He provided me with several options for improving the insulation to our home. The team of installers were very professional and respectful of our home. They did a great job of cleaning up every day after the days work and they were also very responsive to all my questions as well as we collaborated to get our home better insulated. It was a pleasure to work with Richard and…

Brian C.

Falmouth

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