My gas company recently mailed me a brochure entitled “Your Roadmap to Energy Savings.” It’s a pretty nice piece that has the following:
- Fold out that shows where in your house energy escapes
- Tips on how to save energy
- Directions how to access their online energy audit
- Info on how to purchase their Energy Cost Cutter Kit which includes things like weather-stripping, 4 CFLs, pipe insulation, and more for only $10.
I will consider buying that kit, as I wanted to look into buying insulation for the pipes connected to my hot water heater. I applaud my gas company for taking the initiative to help curb my energy consumption (though it would have been nice if this had been printed on recycled paper).
Has anyone else received anything like this from a utility company?
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In Des Moines our energy company, MidAmerican Energy offers free home energy audits. You schedule the appointment, which takes about 2 hours total, and one of their technicians comes to your house and goes through the whole house with you taking notes and pointing out weaknesses in your insulation, etc. Once you've had the audit you qualify for up to a certain amount of money to help improve the energy savings in your home. As a bonus, the tech who came to my house left me 4 cf bulbs, and installed a water saving shower head for me for free! He left me his notes so I'd have specific things to fix through the year. He had great advice about what kinds of insulation to ask for.
I forgot I blogged about this! Here's a link to my post about the energy audit: http://www.ournewoldhouse.com/midamerican-energy-audit/
None of my utility companies do free audits as yours does. You are lucky! The gas company would charge me $50 (after a $50 credit if I purchased this kit they sell).
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