Home Energy Audits

The Green Building Authority GOLD AUDIT takes the energy audit to the next level with diagnostic duct leakage, among other added features.  Pricing is based on homes square footage and number of HVAC systems.

The Gold Audit includes an inspection of the following home features:
Windows
Doors
*Plumbing Penetrations
Attic Insulation
*Duct System Diagnostic Testing with a Duct Blaster
Heating & Cooling System
Water Heater
Lighting
*Appliances
*Water Distribution
Full Report

* available only with the Gold & Platinum Audit

The Green Building Authority SILVER AUDIT is our entry-level basic energy audit.  Pricing is based on homes square footage and number of HVAC systems.

Our Silver Audit covers the major energy features of  your home, and also provides you with a checklist of recommendations that will make your home more efficient and higher performing.

The Silver Audit includes an survey of the following home features:
Windows
Doors
Attic Insulation
Duct System
Heating & Cooling System
Water Heater
Lighting

*no diagnostic testing is performed with our Silver Audit.

Green Building Authority is a participating and registered company in Austin Energy’s Residential Energy Efficiency Program conducting ECAD Audits.

We make it FAST – same day service may be possible.

We make it EASY – filing the form with the city and providing you with a copy.

We make it AFFORDABLE – with pricing starting at just $200, based on square footage and number of HVAC systems.

We make it CLEAR – happily answering any questions you may have.

The City of Austin Energy Conservation Audit and Disclosure (ECAD) Ordinance, Austin City Code Chapter 6-7, is designed to help meet goals of the City of Austin Climate Protection Plan to offset 800 megawatts of peak energy demand by 2020, contributing to a reduction in the carbon footprint of the Austin community. The ordinance took effect June 1, 2009.

Owners selling a home located within the City of Austin and receiving electricity from Austin Energy, the City of Austin’s electric utility, are required to have a City of Austin ECAD audit unless the home meets one of the following:

• Is less than 10 years old at the time of sale.
• Has participated in the Austin Energy Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program, or an equivalent Austin Energy program not more than ten years before the time of sale and either received at least three energy efficiency improvements or a total of $500 in rebates through Austin Energy residential energy efficiency programs.
• Has received free energy efficiency improvements through the Austin Energy Free Home Energy Improvements program within 10 years before the sale or the purchaser has signed an agreeement to participate in this program within six months after the sale.
• Is a mobile home that is manufactured housing built on a permanent chassis and designed for use without a permanent foundation
• Is a home changing ownership under one of the following:
  1. Foreclosure sale, trustee’s sale, or deed in lieu of foreclosure
  2. Pre-foreclosure sale, where the seller has reached an agreement with a mortgage holder to sell the property for an amount less than the amount owed on the mortgage.
  3. Threat or exercise of eminent domain
  4. Gift from one family member to another family member without consideration.
  5. Court order or probate proceedings.
  6. Decree or legal separation or dissolution of marriage or property settlement agreement incidental to such a decree.

To learn more about the ordinance please visit the Austin Energy website by clicking here.