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great reports are key to a great energy audit after all what good is paying for a high-tech analysis of your house if you can't understand the result an energy auditor chicagoland we receive a large share of our compliments regarding the extent and quality of our reports to understand just how different our reports are let's take a look at some of the other company's reports here's a copy of a report that is commonly used by other energy audit firms it's thought it was good information that's not in the format that would be helpful to most homeowners it has terms like CFM at 25 PA that are not explained important statistics but what does it mean in layman's term here's another one this is actually report from a firm that didn't audit on my own home it's handwritten list of issues that was mailed to my home well it does list the issues they found in some spots I'm not sure where in my house he's talking about it doesn't give me any idea which issues are bigger issues or which are less important there's little or no guidance on how to solve these issues now let's take a look at some energy audits of Chicagoland reports your report begins with a photo of your home a table of contents the description of your home and your energy audit goals and a description of the tests that we performed some of our test produces score for your home some scores are about its overall energy efficiency some are about the homes overall air leakage and one is about how your actual energy cost per square foot compared with the computer model when we present these scores we graph them and compare them to norms so you can see what those numbers really mean one of the popular services that energy audits of Chicagoland offers his computer modeling by gathering extensive information about your home and entering it into a highly sophisticated software program we can give you valuable information about your home's energy usage and help you evaluate possible energy upgrades for instance we can tell you how much each part of your home is costing you in energy the windows the ceiling that kind of thing and what your home's carbon footprint is more importantly to most people we can give you the yearly savings the payback period and the return on investment for larger contemplated energy upgrades so how much would new windows save me is it with getting a new high-efficiency furnace that kind of thing now we come to the issues and solutions section of the report during our audit all the issues we find in your home are photo documented and presented in the report with descriptions and arrows to point out the exact locations this makes it easier to understand and much easier to find the issues when it comes time to implement the solutions you assemble this list of issues and solutions in hierarchical order based on best bang for the buck so the issues and solutions that give you the best results toward your goal for the least amount of time and money I listed the beginning and the least effective is at the end this way when you begin to do the solutions you can start at the beginning of the report and work your way down the list knowing that the next uncompleted task will be the next best use of your money in time another big advantage of energy audits of Chicagoland reports is that we give you detailed instructions for the solution to your issues so let's say your crawlspace leaves insulation you may be wondering what kind of insulation is recommended or do I install the insulation and the walls of the floor where exactly we give you the guidance to do the solutions correctly it's all bare and easy-to-follow steps and diagrams this makes it easy if you're a do-it-yourselfer or if you hire a contractor you now have a very specific outline of what you want done and you have the knowledge to know if the contractor completed the work properly along the same line energy audits of Chicagoland reports include what we call learning corners these sections shown here in the blue squares explain a specific product for teach you about the suggested solution it might inform you about closed cell foam or what type of caulk to use in what situation these learning corners also often include a link to online instructional videos and sites where you can purchase new and hard-to-find products thinking about renovating part of your home finishing the basement or adding on a room Energy Audit such Cargill and can work with your architect or contractor to design the insulation and air sealing procedures to ensure that the new space has the energy efficiency that you desire another unique section of our reports is a section called not-so-bad section it is a photo Journal of Aries at home that are actually performing better than one might expect for instance most bath fans League air if you fan is especially tight it would be shown in this section to saves you from wasting time and money on the wrong projects we know that finding and understanding all the energy tax credits utility rebates and local incentives for energy improvements can be daunting so we've included information about available energy related subsidies additionally we can help you locate qualified contractors to complete the outline solutions in the report now that you have the report will you actually get around to getting the work done we know this can be a struggle for many busy homeowners so we've included an improvement plan worksheet we can set some goals for yourself toward getting the solutions completed finally energy audits of Chicagoland can deliver and explain the reports in person this is especially helpful if there are hard-to-find issues or complicated solutions we can walk over and look at the issue area as we discuss it an energy auditor chicagoland we strive to have the most helpful reports in the industry you