http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/04/wattz-up-with-consumption-calculators-newer-options-have-come-a-long-way/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/04/wattz-up-with-consumption-calculators-newer-options-have-come-a-long-way/comment-page-1/#comment-9100 David Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:03:15 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/04/wattz-up-with-consumption-calculators-newer-options-have-come-a-long-way/#comment-9100 Sam, You've made a great point and have stated it well. I agree with you that these online calculators can not replace the value of a formal residential or commercial energy audit. However, they are very effective tools for driving reduction in consumption and they foster the growth of energy budgeting as a lifestyle practice for businesses and consumers. What companies do you recommend for for commercial and residential home energy audits? - David Sam,
You’ve made a great point and have stated it well.
I agree with you that these online calculators can not replace the value of a formal residential or commercial energy audit. However, they are very effective tools for driving reduction in consumption and they foster the growth of energy budgeting as a lifestyle practice for businesses and consumers.
What companies do you recommend for for commercial and residential home energy audits?
- David

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/04/wattz-up-with-consumption-calculators-newer-options-have-come-a-long-way/comment-page-1/#comment-9099 Jen Boynton Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:44:15 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/04/wattz-up-with-consumption-calculators-newer-options-have-come-a-long-way/#comment-9099 Welcome to 3P David! Welcome to 3P David!

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/04/wattz-up-with-consumption-calculators-newer-options-have-come-a-long-way/comment-page-1/#comment-9098 Sam Dulston Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:04:10 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/04/wattz-up-with-consumption-calculators-newer-options-have-come-a-long-way/#comment-9098 No matter how much folks from Silicon Valley want to make home energy auditing into a google mash-up, there is no replacing a live trained person. No two houses are alike, and while a system like these can give estimated solutions, they simply cannot give actionable steps that will reliably lead to results. The details that are needed to make real recommendation require a real audit, and a level of detail that is simple never going to come from a consumer driven website and from tables of average costs and results for typical houses. A recommendation to upgrade to a high efficiency furnace, might sound good, but if you over size it by 200% (common) and attach it to ducts that have 30% leakage (average in CA) and an attic with poorly performing insulation (average performance due to defects in installation, 50% lower then rated), then you just don't get the results the only place it really matters - on your bill. These systems should not be confused with a real energy audit. No matter how much folks from Silicon Valley want to make home energy auditing into a google mash-up, there is no replacing a live trained person.
No two houses are alike, and while a system like these can give estimated solutions, they simply cannot give actionable steps that will reliably lead to results. The details that are needed to make real recommendation require a real audit, and a level of detail that is simple never going to come from a consumer driven website and from tables of average costs and results for typical houses. A recommendation to upgrade to a high efficiency furnace, might sound good, but if you over size it by 200% (common) and attach it to ducts that have 30% leakage (average in CA) and an attic with poorly performing insulation (average performance due to defects in installation, 50% lower then rated), then you just don’t get the results the only place it really matters – on your bill.
These systems should not be confused with a real energy audit.

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