Home energy audits & diagnostics
Cold, drafty rooms that never seem to warm up? Condensation fogging your windows on a winter morning? Those are symptoms — a home energy audit finds the cause. We use a calibrated blower door and infrared imaging to measure exactly where your house loses heat, where air and moisture are moving, and which fixes are worth doing — then hand you a prioritized report you can act on. Pricing is a flat $699 for any size home.
The diagnostics we run
We arrive with the same equipment used to certify new construction and apply it to your existing home — measuring air, heat, and moisture as one connected system.
Blower Door Testing
A calibrated fan depressurizes the house to 50 pascals and measures total air leakage — your CFM50 and ACH50 numbers, not an estimate.
Blower door testing →Infrared Thermal Imaging
A thermal camera reveals what the eye can’t — missing insulation, hidden air paths, and moisture — included in every audit.
Thermal imaging →Duct Leakage Testing
Not every home needs this test. Where ducts run outside conditioned space — an attic, crawlspace, or garage — we measure how much heated and cooled air never reaches the rooms it was meant for. Added when it applies.
Condensation & Humidity
Water on the windows, frost in the attic, a house that feels clammy — we trace where the moisture comes from and how air is carrying it, so you fix the cause instead of wiping the glass.
Indoor humidity guide →Whole-Home Assessment
Envelope, HVAC, ductwork, ventilation, and moisture evaluated as one connected system, because that’s how a house actually behaves.
Home Energy Score
The U.S. Department of Energy’s 1–10 rating, available as part of an audit when you want a standardized number.
Home Energy Score →What an audit appointment looks like
Walkthrough and setup
We review the home with you, note its construction and history, and close it up for testing.
Blower door and leak identification
We depressurize the house, record the numbers, and walk through with the thermal camera and a smoke pencil to find the biggest leaks while the fan is running.
Duct test where it applies
If ducts run outside conditioned space, we measure their leakage too.
On-site review and written report
We talk through what we found before we leave, and a written report with prioritized recommendations follows.
What the report gives you
A measured baseline of how your home performs and a prioritized list of improvements ranked by impact — the work that moves the needle most at the top. Because we don’t install or sell any of it, the list isn’t shaped by what we have in stock or who pays a referral. It’s yours to take to whichever contractor you choose, or to work through yourself. The whole audit is a flat $699 — see what a home energy audit costs in Iowa.
What an audit commonly turns up
Where air and heat escape
- Rim and band joists where framing meets the foundation — a large, cold surface that’s rarely sealed
- Attic bypasses hidden under insulation: open top plates, plumbing and wiring penetrations, dropped soffits
- Recessed lights, attic hatches, and bath fans leaking into unconditioned space
- Insulation that’s missing, settled, or added on top of leaks that should have been sealed first
What the equipment is really doing
- Ducts in attics, crawlspaces, or garages losing a meaningful share of the air they carry
- Indoor humidity that’s too high for the season — the usual cause of wet or frosty windows
- Ventilation that’s missing where a tighter house needs it
Serving Cedar Rapids and Eastern Iowa
Based in Cedar Rapids and working throughout the surrounding region. A few of the communities we serve:
A few things people ask
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Will you tell me what to fix?
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Ready to find out where your home is losing energy?
Independent home energy audits and diagnostics across Cedar Rapids and Eastern Iowa.