Home Energy Audits
Reveal Your Home’s Hidden
Energy Waste
A home energy audit is a deep-dive diagnostic that shows exactly where your home loses energy, using blower door testing, thermal imaging, and duct diagnostics, and gives you a prioritized plan to fix it. Depending on your utility, rebates can cover up to 60% of the cost or even make it free, and it is the first step of every smart home upgrade.
What Is a Home Energy Audit?
Symptoms are obvious. Root causes are not.
You might see cold spots, high bills, or humidity issues, but those are symptoms. Many homeowners never realize how much energy and money slips through the cracks of their home: leaky air paths, under-insulated walls, drafts, and inefficient HVAC systems. The audit diagnoses the causes so your improvements reduce energy costs, stabilize indoor temperatures, and improve air quality.
Where your home leaks air
Doors, windows, attic bypasses, and crawl spaces, quantified with a blower door test.
Where insulation is underperforming
Missing, thin, or compressed insulation revealed by infrared thermal imaging.
Ductwork and HVAC inefficiencies
Duct leakage and system performance issues that waste conditioned air.
Moisture and ventilation issues
The conditions that degrade performance and indoor air quality over time.
Where comfort meets health and safety
How energy use intersects with the air your family breathes.
How It Works
How our home energy audit works
Pre-Audit Walkthrough
We meet with you and dig into your comfort concerns, bill history, and how your home actually behaves season to season.
Diagnostic Testing
Blower door tests, infrared thermal imaging, smoke and air flow testing, and duct testing quantify leakage, thermal bridges, and system inefficiencies.
Report & Recommendations
You receive a clear, visual report showing deficiencies and prioritized measures with cost versus benefit, a real roadmap for upgrades.
Verification & Follow-Up
Once upgrades are complete, we can retest to confirm the improvement, so you see the value in measured numbers.
Why PowerHouse Stands Out
Certified auditors, precision tools, honest priorities
Certified auditors
BPI-credentialed experts in home performance and energy efficiency, not salespeople with a checklist.
Precision tools
Professional-grade blower doors, thermal cameras, and duct testers ensure accurate, repeatable results.
Transparent solutions
We prioritize the upgrades with the greatest impact for your budget, and tell you what NOT to spend on.
Whole-home thinking
We connect the dots between systems, diagnose the real interactions, and deliver the right fixes.
Local expertise
Colorado and Wyoming climates are unique. Our recommendations are built for Front Range conditions.
Where We Do This Work
Home energy audits across the Front Range
Efficiency Works cities get the discounted assessment; every other address gets the same test and report.
Whole-Home Approach
Services that integrate with your audit
An audit is the first step, but real gains come when you act. We align related services so your improvements stack and reinforce one another.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a home energy audit cost?
It depends on your utility, because rebates carry most of the weight: Xcel Energy customers can get up to 60% covered, Efficiency Works cities get deeply discounted audits, and Atmos Energy, Poudre Valley REA, and Mountain Valley Electric members often qualify for a free audit. We confirm your exact number in the free quote.
What exactly does the audit include?
A pre-audit walkthrough of your comfort and bill concerns, blower door testing to measure air leakage, infrared thermal imaging, smoke and air flow testing, duct testing, and a detailed visual report with prioritized, cost-vs-benefit upgrade recommendations.
Do I need to prepare anything ahead of time?
Yes. Clear access to your attic, crawl space, mechanical systems, and existing insulation areas helps. If available, gather your past 12 months of utility bills so we can compare your usage against the diagnostics.
Will I get a report with cost estimates?
Absolutely. Your audit includes a detailed, easy-to-read report showing issue areas, recommended upgrades with costs, and prioritized next steps ranked by impact.
Is the audit equipment safe and non-intrusive?
Yes. Our tools, including blower doors and thermal cameras, are safe, non-destructive, and designed for diagnostic use in occupied homes.
How long does a home energy audit take?
Most audits take two to four hours on site depending on the size and complexity of your home. You receive the full written report shortly after, with time to walk through the findings together.
Why should the audit come before other upgrades?
Because symptoms rarely point at the real cause. A cold room can be an air sealing problem, a duct problem, or an insulation problem, and each has a different fix. The audit tells you which upgrades will actually pay off, so you never spend money on the wrong one.
Can the audit find the reason one room is always cold?
Yes. Uneven room temperatures are one of the most common reasons homeowners call us. Thermal imaging and blower door testing almost always reveal the specific leak paths or insulation gaps behind that one stubborn room.
Do you retest after improvements are made?
We offer optional verification testing after your upgrades are complete, so you can see the measured improvement in air leakage and performance, not just feel it.
Do you audit homes anywhere in Colorado and Wyoming?
We serve the Front Range of both states, including Fort Collins, Wellington, Denver, Boulder, and surrounding communities. If you are unsure whether you are in our area, call us and we will tell you straight.
Learn More
Curious how the pros define this work? The U.S. Department of Energy explains professional home energy assessments in depth. Want the full picture before you book? Read what to expect from a home energy audit and the top 10 hidden energy wasters an audit can uncover.
Get Started Today
Take control of your home's energy future
Don't let hidden losses drive up your bills and degrade your comfort. Schedule a home energy audit with PowerHouse Home Performance today and get the clarity, confidence, and direction you need to improve every part of your home's performance.
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