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DYO® Basic Energy Audit Kit
The DYO® Basic Energy Audit Kit - all you need to conduct an energy audit today!
The DYO® Basic Energy Audit Kit teaches you to perform your own basic energy
audit on your residence. It provides the tools and takes you step-by-step
through what is necessary to gain the information you need to make smart home
improvement decisions.
Geared toward the home, condo, town home, or apartment dweller, you are guided
through a detailed inspection of your structure and its potential energy
problems. All the forms, instructional materials and tools you need are
included (along with a carpenter’s apron to keep the tools handy) along with a
clipboard to give you a writing surface as you complete the forms. Several
presentations are available on the accompanying CD to increase your learning
curve with sample images to help you determine your specific building’s
construction and components.
As a bonus, DYO® Kits has included REScheck (the free software program
provided by the US Department of Energy) and easy-to-follow instructions on
how to determine if your structure is compliant with energy codes and how much
better or worse it is than code.
Once you have completed your audit, your knowledge of where energy problems
occur, not only in your home specifically, but in home’s generally as well.
And you will be able to compare scenarios for cost-effective changes you can
make to reduce your energy consumption.
The DYO® Basic Energy Audit Kit is worth more than its price tag because you
save that amount many times over. By using it you:
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learn to see your house from an energy raters point of view,
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learn to proceed through an energy audit safely and efficiently,
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learn how to find the common places where your energy dollars could be
escaping,
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learn to diagnose your energy use (or mis-use),
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learn where your energy dollars are being least effective,
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learn about overlooked energy problems,
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learn to transfer your findings into scenarios for problem-solving,
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learn to manipulate those scenarios to discover cost-effective solutions,
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learn to make home improvement decisions based on costs-to-results ratio,
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learn where best to spend your money to save your money.
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