For more than twenty years, Home Energy Loss Professionals have been giving energy assistance and advice to the people of Maryland who have been searching for ways to make their homes more energy efficient. Having established the Save Money on Energy online site, the facility has been able to improve more than 20,000 homes. Apart from saving money and making homes safer and more comfortable, an important reason to conserve home energy resources is the ever-present threat of global climate change. The energy assistance given by the Save Money on Energy facility will not only save money, but will help to save the earth. The professionals of Save Money on Energy have met with leaders of the community in their mission to bring energy assistance services to the forefront of public awareness.

Save Money on Energy can provide detailed information on cost-effective energy retrofits that will more than pay for themselves over the years in energy savings. People wishing to sell their homes could accept the energy assistance and advice from Save Money on Energy, complete the advised retrofits and when the house is sold, the new owner could qualify for an Energy Efficient Mortgage. Save Money on Energy provides energy audits to begin the energy assistance process. The professional auditors will walk through the home for approximately four hours and produce a report on the energy waste in the house and advise cost-effective retrofits and other energy and money saving methods to keep the home and the water supply at comfortable temperatures. The professional auditors of Save Money on Energy will recommend that energy assistance should begin with air leakage testing and infrared scanning and computerized combustion analysis. When an efficiently sealed home is in operation there can be danger of carbon monoxide poisoning. When the home is drafty, the gas is not as condensed. Attics must have a correct crawl-through space to ensure freedom from the worry of carbon monoxide being present. Energy assistance to save money and still have an energy-efficient home will include testing of attics, floors, walls, duct installations, furnace upgrades, air sealing and setback thermostats. Infrared cameras are also useful tools to detect the level of insulation in wall cavities, attics and basements, and mainly, they can determine the intensity of conductive energy loss. They can also be used to detect any types of energy losses. Save Money on Energy recommends that a computer generated audit should be done when some of the more expensive investments are considered.

T he energy assistance services of Save Money on Energy will provide information on the importance of insulation, which will be one of the costliest and most labor-intensive segments of an energy-effective investment. The type and depth of insulation should be discussed. Energy assistance includes recommendations by Save Money on Energy to have professional blower door testing, which can record what areas of the house are losing energy through convective air currents. Any cracks or holes in the home can be costing money and the air leakage and infrared testing equipment will show cracks and holes that must be sealed.