Energy Audit Complete

Our follow-up energy audit was completed yesterday, which is a big relief. We worked hard during the last six weeks and managed to finish everything on our "to do" list. Sorry for not posting information as we worked, but it was an exhausting month and I just didn't have the energy to keep up with photos/posts when there was so much work to be done. I'll post a few summaries of the work over the next week.

Here is a rundown of the energy audit rebates we hope to get:

• Furnace and A/C unit - Completed 18 months ago.
• Improve attic insulation from R0 to R50 - We hired Tropical Insulation to do this for us.
• Insulate basement walls - Completed last weekend. We did R28 on most of the walls and R5 beside the stairs (space constraints), plus our house is a semi, so I'm not sure how much we'll get here, but hopefully at least 60% of the maximum rebate.
• Insulate basement headers - Completed last weekend to R28.
• Window replacements - Replaced three basement windows (one not installed yet, so we didn't get all four) and two first floor windows.
• Air seal improvements - Not sure if we'll get this, but hopefully the above improvements will help.

We will have to wait to find out our exact rebate, but it should be around $5000, which will pay for a good portion of the work we have done in the basement thus far. Our biggest mistake was not doing the initial energy audit before insulating our exterior walls, as this would have resulted in another $3000 in rebates.