Home Energy Medics

Chris Langford

I hired Home Energy Medics to conduct a home energy audit to see how our 1979 house was doing regarding safety and energy efficiency. I did not have any major problems to address; I just wanted to know if there were issues I could not see for myself. The technician who ducted the testing was professional and even encouraged me to follow him around, which I STRONGLY recommend to learn more about what they are finding since the final report the company provides you is just a summary. Their findings showed our house was not that bad as far as air tightness (blower door test ACH50 ~5) and insulation goes, but our dryer venter was seriously clogged and posed a fire hazard. I already knew that was an issue and explained to Home Energy Medics that I believed there was a disconnect in the pipe after a vent cleaning crew found insulation in the pipe. They recommended rerouting the dry venter piping to another exterior wall, which would be cheaper than cutting into walls and title to find the disconnect issue, and it would be more efficient for the dry since it would be a shorter run to exhaust the heat and moisture. I agreed to the dryer vent rerouting, and the contractor Home Energy Medics employed to do the dry vent rerouting was professional, clean, and took only a day to do the job. I also had them install low-level carbon monoxide detectors on each floor of our home, which I would recommend to anyone with gas appliances since the regular cheap high-level CO2 alarms you can buy online or at box stores are pretty useless. Overall, I was very happy with our experience with Home Energy Medics and would recommend them to anyone looking to improve or fix an issue dealing with your heating, cooling, insulation, moisture, and ventilation. I would definitely hire them again. Frankly, all homes should have an energy audit done (even new construction) given how much information you can gain about your home. PRO TIPS 1) Be at home and walk with the technician conducting the audit and ask questions on what they are finding and how it compares to other homes. 2) Take notes on what the technicians tell you during the audit since their final report is a very high-level summary, and I found it less useful than what I learned directly from the technician.

Caitlin Renner

After having Home Energy Medics conduct an audit and provide a project plan to improve the comfort of our home, we hired them to reinsulate our second floor (formerly attic space) and make improvements to improve the efficeincy of our HVAC systems among other fixes. Their assessment and approach was comprehensive and thoughtful. They were also extremely professional and provided excellent quality work. Furthermore, based on my research it seems that no other insulation company in the area can provide the project management/general contractor type function that Home Energy Medics offered. They coordinated among numerous subcontractors who all provided a high quality of work and took the burden off of us to engage with contractors to make the necessary repairs following the insulation portion of the project (e.g. demo, HVAC, electrical, foofing, drywall, paint, cleaning). In addition, the project managers accomodated our scheduled, communicated clearely the project progress, and checked the work of their subcontractors before completing the job. Following completion, they conducted a second audit to ensure the improvements were adequate. If you have a finsihed space that needs to be addressed due to energy efficience or comfort issues (i.e., temperature), save your time and just start with Home Energy Medics. You will not find an equivalent level of service elsewhere.

Mark Leheney

Brian and Diego did a very thorough job of analyzing the air flow/leaks in our home, taking time to check everything and then explaining clearly to us what they had found. Very happy with the experience!

Mark Lampert

My wife and I first consulted with Home Energy Medics after noticing that one upstairs room in our house was significantly colder than all others. We decided to go ahead and have Home Energy Medics perform a whole home energy audit, figuring it would be worth the price to learn where all of our weak points might be, and the HEM crew were friendly and professional during the audit testing as well as in the follow-up where we looked at the results and recommendations, all broken down into tiers of priority and pricing. We ultimately decided not only to address the original problem room (which is greatly improved as it is now properly insulated) but also down most of the list of recommendations for other types of HVAC sealing, replacement of older incandescent or halogen ceiling lighting with LEDs (and sealing of air gaps between the living space and roof cavity), general cleaning out of our home's crawlspace, more baseboard air gap sealing, and then the very big job of replacing our old roof and giving it a shiny new TPO membrane (and a lot of old, rotten boards were discovered and removed during this process, so it needed to be done). We also added a wonderful new skylight and solar tube into previously dark areas of the house which has made a tremendous difference. All of this varied work and any finishing such as drywall and painting was all handled by HEM, and we were always able to keep up-to-date with work schedules and time estimates through Scott. Since the completion of the work, we've also had assorted small questions which are always answered, plus a couple of small fixes which were also attended to for no additional charge. We also recently discovered an issue in our house related to an older neighboring roof and are currently in touch with HEM and the neighbor to mitigate this, so it's nice to continue working with the same company and contractors and see that they stand by their work. I'd recommend doing the whole home energy audit if you do nothing else as you'll at least have a nice report of improvements you could make now vs. those you could save for later, and should you decide to proceed with any of the recommendations then I think you'll be very happy with Scott and the team with Home Energy Medics.