We’ll drill down to 15 minute blocks and examine two years of your energy use.

Checking the difference between general supply and controlled loads, identifying standby power usage too. We’ll analyse when the power is being used, from which source and for what reasons. All of this provides a detailed picture of your daily usage trends and peak energy demands, and it’s all done before we arrive at your home.

Energy Efficiency Advice

On the day of your Home Energy Audit we’ll explain everything we’ve discovered, and show you how it appears on your electricity, gas and water bills. Then we’ll save you money by mapping your energy needs at specific times of the day and the year, to the most cost-effective power source available. We’ll also come prepared with an energy bill comparison, showing you how to save instantly.

Before we visit your home, we send you an official NMI form to sign (National Meter Identifier). This authorises us to access 2 years of electricity usage data from your network provider.

To prepare for our visit, we analyse the NMI data for your household, drawing on over 15 years of industry experience and knowledge. We look at your daily usage trends and peak energy demands. We also check the differences between your general supply and controlled loads and identify standby power usage.

Analysing what time of day power is used, from which source and for what reasons, gives us a lot of information about your household’s energy needs. We can then save you money by mapping your energy needs at specific times of the day and year, to the most cost-effective power source available (eg Grid, Solar PV, Batteries).

On the day of your Household Energy Assessment, we explain everything we have discovered about your energy usage, linking it back to your bills, showing you how to make sense of and understand your electricity, gas and water bills.

Armed now with a good understanding of your energy usage, we arrive at your house, full of energy and enthusiasm to help you become more energy-efficient, save money, and to increase the comfort of your home.
Our first task is to identify the impact of the sun, shading, insulation, ventilation and building envelope leakage on your household’s energy efficiency.

We inspect your house, focusing on the following areas:

Insulation – we check the quality of insulation coverage in the roof and also do a sub-floor inspection where appropriate. Even just a 10% gap in insulation, can make it almost worthless.

Building Envelope – thermal camera imagery helps us to identify any leaks in the building envelope, which can account for winter heat loss and reduced cooling capacity in summer.

Passive Design & Shading – we look at existing layout of house, looking for opportunities to introduce passive design solutions such as effective shading and airflow solutions.

Windows – we look at window positioning in relation to passive solar heat, passive cooling and ventilation, we also assess glazing and window coverage, eg blinds and curtains.

Finally, we turn our attention to your systems and appliances, assessing their efficiency, age, usage and functionality. We are looking for smart use of energy and if there are better, cost effective alternatives in the following areas:

-Hot water system,
-Heating and cooling systems,
-Kitchen and laundry appliances,
-Lighting
-Pool equipment,
-Any other major appliances,
-Building envelope/air tightness
-Ceiling space and sub-floor -Inspection
-Insulation inspection and -Recommendation
-Standby power analysis
-Gas and electricity comparison
-NMI data analysis

At the end of our visit, we sit down with you and your family and bring it all together. Everything that we identify and discuss with you is captured in your Household Energy Assessment report.

The report lists actions for your household to consider. We also provide relevant website links, for further guidance that might be needed.

Finally, we review your energy efficiency goals in relation to cost savings, carbon footprint and increasing your comfort levels, to see where we can support you to implement some of the energy efficiency strategies we have identified and check that we have met all of your expectations.