New Guide Helps Homeowners Save up to 40% or more on Utilities by Performing their Own Energy Audits

Sept. 23, 2010 - PRLog -- An energy audit is the only sure way to identify areas of potential energy savings in the home, and many home improvement contractors have jumped at the opportunity presented by homeowners seeking to improve their homes’ energy efficiency.  Since many professional home energy audits lead to sales presentations, consumers are right to be wary of the recommendations.  Members of HomeESP, a membership organization for homeowners, can perform their own energy audit with the DIY Energy Audit Kit Personal Edition, released today by HomeESP.  Its main Website is http://www.homeesp.com.

“Saving energy is more than just replacing incandescent light bulbs with CFLs,” said Laurence Sheinman, founder of HomeESP.  “The whole house and how you live in it needs to be considered.  From small changes in our habits to caulking leaky windows and adding insulation, reducing energy use and waste requires us to think and act in new ways, and also to invest wisely in our homes so we get a reasonable return on any energy-saving improvements we do make.”

The HomeESP DIY Energy Audit Kit Personal Edition provides the tools to learn about energy use and waste, and build a roadmap to cost reductions which make sense for most Americans.  It is free with a trial membership in HomeESP and also can be purchased by non-members for $29.95.  It is an immediate download.

The HomeESP DIY Energy Audit Kit Personal Edition includes everything a homeowner needs to conduct his or her own energy use assessment and to build a plan to reduce costs.  The 50-page Audit Guide covers energy audit basics, how to conduct a basic audit, gathering the data needed, preparing an action plan and much more.  

In addition to the Audit Guide, the HomeESP DIY Energy Audit Kit Personal Edition includes the Professional Energy Audit Sheet, to document energy use and heat loss in each room, and the Energy Cost Workbook, a spreadsheet which calculates the cost of energy for each appliance and fixture in the home.  

Armed with the information collected during the DIY Energy Audit and the calculations from the spreadsheet, the HomeESP Energy Audit Kit enables the homeowner to develop energy conservation and efficiency investment plans, with the confidence that their actions and investments will provide a positive return on investment.  For consumers who wish to dig even deeper, HomeESP also offers the DIY Energy Audit Kit Professional Edition for $59.95.

Membership information and registration is available at http://www.homeesp.com/component/comprofiler/pluginclass?...

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About HomeESP

HomeESP is a homeowner membership club and consumer advocate which helps members to save money and better enjoy their homes and home lives. It provides exclusive rebates on energy-saving devices and DIY Energy Audit Kit, Appliance Repair Protection Plan, which covers the first $75 of repair costs, a library of homeowner information to help members save money and run their homes more efficiently and confidently, the industry’s leading discount club with up to 50% off of more than 300 national brands and more than 250,000 online and local retailers and restaurants, and contractor referrals with $500 satisfaction assurance. More information can be found at http://www.homeesp.com.