Sustainable Technology Institute

We had Rich come out today and do an energy audit. In short, it was awesome. Another company quoted $350 to do a blow test on the door -- they seal the door and turn on an industrial fan to see where air flow is coming into the house and give recommendations on how to more efficiently cool and heat your house. With STI, it was $100 and that included about $60 in light bulbs and energy saving surge protectors. If we didn't want the blow test with infrared reading, the whole thing including the bulbs and surge protectors would have been included. For houses with electric heaters, they will do other things like insulation and whatnot, but this wasn't applicable to our home.Rich was here for 2.5 hours, patiently answering every question two very curious and ignorant people threw at him, and is now preparing a summary with a prioritized list of repairs to make. It turns out that the most efficient thing to do, and it is much cheaper than the other options we were looking at, is to insulate the basement and the attic. Just an awesome experience, I can't believe how much we got for 100 clams, and how cool a guy Rich was. Do this for your home! Living in Richmond, you will very likely be shocked how poorly your house is insulated. The suggestions will run from what to caulk, which caulk to use, all the way to how much you can expect to pay for larger jobs -- he even told us what companies to avoid. Do yourself a favor, get this audit done.

Great team, professional, and thorough, sealed all the ducts on my hvac to save money on my heating and cooling bills! Best part paid for by the power company!