Energy Audits

What is an energy audit?

An energy audit is an assessment of your home’s efficiency. An audit will consist of interior and exterior inspections and a blower door test that will measure how airtight the structure is. Using the blower door, along with many other tricks and tools, the auditor can find all the weak spots in your house.

Once problem areas are identified, we can formulate a plan to address these problem areas, improve your home’s efficiency, and get you more bang for your buck. Webb Insulation is located in Houlton, serving Aroostook, Penobscot, and Washington Counties of Maine.

Efficiency Maine

Webb Insulation has fostered a close partnership with Efficiency Maine that creates many great opportunities for our customers. We are registered with Efficiency Maine to perform insulating upgrades, energy auditing, and air sealing. With our audits or insulation, you can receive many great rebates and financing options from Efficiency Maine.

Efficiency Maine offers several types of low-interest loans covering up to 100% of the project cost. In most cases, the energy savings outweigh the loan payments. You save money almost instantly.

Rebates

Efficiency Maine offers many different weatherization rebates, but there are a few particular ones that Webb Insulation specializes in. One of the rebates that we can arrange for you is for Maine’s energy assessment. The cost to the customer will usually end up being $200 after the rebate.

We will come in to do an energy audit plus six hours of air sealing. We will also do everything with Efficiency Maine to arrange the rebate for the customer. Efficiency Maine also offers rebates for insulation.

There are separate rebates offered for the three different zones of your home: Attics, Walls, and Basements. You can have different parts of your home insulated and receive additional rebates for that zone. Plus, you will still receive the initial rebate for the energy assessment.

Eligibility

The building must be a principal, year-round residence for occupants, not a seasonal, second, vacation home, or rental. The building must be a single-family home, condominium, or 2-4 unit multi-family building. It must be installed in the primary living area, not a garage or outbuilding. It must be located in Maine.

New construction projects are not eligible for weatherization rebates. The building must not have received the Home Energy Savings Program rebates over $5,000. Homeowners of any income bracket are eligible for weatherization rebates. Please contact us for more information.