As an authorized dealer for the Carrier Corporation, Bill Joplin’s Air Conditioning & Heating has almost immediate access to its training programs. This is a huge benefit to our customers in Collin County, Texas because it allows us to offer new products and services to them faster than other HVAC dealers in the area. One such program that our air conditioning maintenance company has recently been trained to perform is the Carrier 360 Degree Whole Home Energy Audit.
The home energy audit designed by the Carrier Corporation is divided into six steps that are completed in two separate appointments. The first three steps are inspection, testing and analysis. During this phase of your home energy audit, the service technicians from our air conditioning maintenance company will focus on identifying wasteful energy use. The second phase of your audit involves our technicians returning a few days later to complete the steps of recommendations, resolution and results.
In order to prepare for your appointment, our air conditioning maintenance company asks that you spend some time gathering utility bills from the past 12 months. Our energy auditors will review the statements to determine patterns of use and when your costs tend to peak. Next, you will be asked detailed questions about your current energy use and your goals for the home energy audit. Please advise us at this time if you have concerns about any specific area of your Collin County home.
After we have had the opportunity to review billing statements and understand your goals, our technicians will begin the inspection step of your home energy audit. This involves looking at your cooling and heating equipment, hot water heater, air ducts, home insulation and more. We also check for carbon dioxide levels and gas leaks in your home.
During the testing step, our technicians use sophisticated equipment such as thermal imaging and blower door tests to understand how well your HVAC equipment is performing. With the results of the testing, our energy auditors will isolate problem areas to determine how you can improve energy efficiency. We will provide you with a cost benefit analysis and show you specific areas you can change to reduce energy costs.
A few days after completing the above three steps, someone from our air conditioning maintenance company will return to give you a formal list of recommendations. We understand that every homeowner has a budget to maintain, so we will prioritize our recommendations and provide an approximate cost to implement each one. This will help you to determine your own priorities for energy efficiency in your Collin County home.
The final two steps of the Carrier home energy audit include resolution and results. With your prior approval, Bill Joplin’s Air Conditioning & Heating will get to work on making energy improvements right away. We will then analyze how well the results are working. If you are not seeing the results you had hoped for, our energy auditors will work with you until you do.
