Home Energy Audits in Charlotte, Gastonia, Fort Mill & Nearby Cities

What is a Home Energy Audit?

A home energy audit is a comprehensive assessment of a home's energy efficiency, air quality, and other factors affecting comfort.

GSM Services is your trusted partner for comprehensive home energy audits. If you have discomfort, high energy bills, or air quality concerns, our certified energy auditors can help. We use advanced tools and techniques to pinpoint areas where you can improve energy efficiency, air quality, and reduce costs.

Home Energy Audits Include:

• ✅ Air Leakage Check
• ✅ Crawlspace Inspection
• ✅ Attic Inspection
• ✅ Mold Check
• ✅ Blower Door Test
• ✅ Ductwork Inspection
• ✅ Humidity & Moisture Level Check
• ✅ Check insulation levels
• ✅ Analysis of Indoor Air Quality
• ✅ Thermal Imaging to Detect Leaks

We Are Currently Offering Free Home Energy Audits To Homeowners In Charlotte, Gastonia, Fort Mill & All Nearby Cities (Normally $249). *not valid on homes in middle of a real-estate transaction.

Benefits of a Home Energy Audit

• ✅ Lower Energy Bills: By identifying and addressing inefficiencies, you can reduce heating and cooling costs by up to 15% according to EPA estimates.
• ✅ Increased Comfort: Proper insulation and air sealing eliminate drafts and maintain consistent temperatures throughout your home.
• ✅ Improved Indoor Air Quality: Sealing air leaks helps prevent pollutants & moisture from entering your home, enhancing the air quality.
• ✅ Environmental Impact: Reducing energy consumption lowers your carbon footprint, contributing to a healthier planet.

Home Energy Audit Check List

A certified energy advisor will conduct a thorough assessment of your home, evaluating the following:

• ✅ Attic Inspection: Check for any air leaks and insulation levels.
• ✅ Crawl Space Inspection: Check for any issues such as mold growth, humidity levels, air leakage, water pooling, etc.
• ✅ Blower Door Testing: Measures your home's air leakage accurately.
• ✅ Thermal Imaging: Identifies and seals small, hidden leaks.
• ✅ Insulation Evaluation: Assesses insulation throughout home.
• ✅ Ductwork Inspection: Checks for air leaks to ensure efficient airflow.
• ✅ Humidity Level Assessment: Ensures optimal indoor humidity levels for comfort and health.
• ✅ Air Quality Checks: Inspect for mold, mildew, dust, and other pollutants that could impact your air quality.

Following the audit, they will review the findings with you and discuss potential solutions to enhance the comfort, health, efficiency, and environmental sustainability of your home. *Please be aware that home energy audits can last up to four hours, depending on the size of the home and the nature of the issues encountered.

High Power Bills & Home Energy Efficiency

High power bills are often an indication of low home energy efficiency. Here’s how:

• ✅ Poor Insulation: Inadequate insulation lets heat escape in winter and enter in summer, making your HVAC systems work harder and use more energy.
• ✅ Air Leaks: Gaps in windows, doors, and walls cause significant air leakage, forcing your HVAC system to run more often and increase energy use.
• ✅ Inefficient HVAC Systems: Older or poorly maintained heating and cooling systems can be less efficient, requiring more energy to operate effectively.
• ✅ Outdated Appliances: Older appliances use more energy than modern, energy-efficient models. This includes refrigerators, washing machines, and water heaters.
• ✅ Poor Air Ventilation: Inadequate ventilation can cause your home to retain heat and moisture, making it harder to cool or heat, thus increasing energy use.
• ✅ Lighting: Using traditional incandescent bulbs instead of energy-efficient LED or CFL bulbs can significantly increase your electricity consumption.
• ✅ High Humidity Levels: Excess humidity makes your home warmer in summer and colder in winter, leading to higher energy use.

Improve Air Quality, Comfort, Utility Cost & More

Hot or uncomfortable rooms, dusty home, Mold Growth, high power bills—sound familiar? These often indicate underlying problems. Issues like Improper Insulation, HVAC Problems, Crawl Space Issues, Air & Ductwork leaks, Humidity and more can all cause discomfort. A Home Energy Audit can identify these problems.

17 Signs You May Need An Energy Audit:

1. Drafty Rooms: While it might seem like your windows are the issue, that's not always the case. Often, the real culprits can be inadequate insulation, poor duct system design, HVAC problems, or air sealing issues. During a home energy audit, we conduct tests to pinpoint the exact cause of the discomfort or draftiness in your room.
2. Mold or Growth In Home or Crawl Space: Presence of mold in your home or crawl space signals a moisture issue originating from within your home or crawl space.
3. Dirty or Moldy Air Ducts: This could indicate an issue with your duct system, air leakage, or humidity & moisture problems.
4. Hot Rooms: Having some rooms that are harder to heat or cool indicates problems with your insulation, ducts, or the heating and cooling system.
5. Dusty Rooms: It has to be coming in from somewhere! An improperly sealed home, leaky duct, and/or improperly balanced duct system are all potential culprits.
6. HVAC System Runs Continuously or Turns On/Off Frequently: This may indicate an overly leaky or drafty home or an oversized or undersized heating or cooling system.
7. Asthma or Allergies: Homes that are too leaky or drafty bring unwanted allergens into your home from outdoors - a sign that you may need to seal your home.
8. Odd or Musty Smells in Home: Musty smells usually mean mold. It doesn't take high concentrations of mold to create odors; microscopic and airborne mold affect your health. Moreover, it's usually the result of energy efficiency issues as well.
9. Home Feels Humid Or Dry: This is a sign of too low or high humidity in your home which is not only uncomfortable, but over time can cause mold issues or damage to your home.
10. Pests or Bugs in Home: If you're constantly treating your home for pest issues, you're probably treating the symptoms and not the source.
11. Cold Floors: This is usually a sign of problems with your insulation, ducts, weaknesses in the thermal and pressure boundaries, and/or an improperly sized HVAC system.
12. Room Over Garage is Hot or Uncomfortable: These rooms are generally neglected, with consideration to the envelope of the home. Because of this, they're often riddled with energy and comfort issues.
13. Cracks in Walls: Although the blame usually lands on the foundation of the home, expansion and contraction from moisture levels and rotting crawl spaces can also lead to cracks in the walls.
14. Wall or Paint Peeling & Cracking: This relates directly to the relative humidity in your home. If your home has excessive dryness or humidity; it's a sign of larger issues.
15. Dirty Around Air Vents: This is an indication that condensation is occurring and collecting a higher amount of dirt. This is a good clue that other problems also exist.
16. Home Has a Crawl Space: If you have a crawl space, you need an energy evaluation for many reasons. Energy loss, air leaks, water damage, mold growth, temperature imbalance, rotting wood... the list goes on and on. Simply put, there is nothing good about a musty, rotting, drafty crawl space beneath your home.
17. High Power Bills: If you are experiencing high power bills, your home may need to be checked for any air leakage, insulation issues & more.

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