Whether your Charlotte home is 15 years old or 50 years old, an energy auditor will find ways for you to save money on your utility bills. A newer home may not have quite as many upgrades to make, but the upgrades an auditor suggests will still save you money. With new homes, certain materials such as insulation and air sealing can be installed wrong when the home is built, and you could end up loosing a lot of heat through your ceiling and around your windows.

The average savings for homeowners who make the energy efficiency upgrades suggested by their auditor is $2,700 over three years. Energy auditors in the Charlotte area charge around $300 for an energy audit, which can easily be saved in year on utility bills through the simplest measures like insulation and duct sealing.

If you’d like to get an idea of how your home is doing before contacting an auditor, give our online energy audit tool a shot. It will rate your home in terms of energy efficiency, suggest a few upgrades and estimate how much you can save over the course of three years.