Bill Walton Home Energy Audit
January 27th, 2010 / 3 Comments
On Tuesday, January 27th, 2010, Greener Dawn performed an energy audit on NBA legend Bill Walton’s home in the Balboa Park area of San Diego. A 6,000 square foot home as well as a 1500 square foot home sit on the property. Marc Esser from Negawatt Consulting analyzed the large home focusing on electrical load, ducts, and ventilation. He took some great pictures throughout the home, and we’re looking forward to seeing his comprehensive report. John Adkins from Icarus Green Energy performed an energy audit on the smaller home focusing on a Home Energy Rating Score (HERS). He performed a blower door test, used a thermal camera to measure the insulation, and analyzed the ducts. Hopefully Bill’s home produces a strong HERS score!
San Diego will be launching their AB 811 Clean Generation program in June 2010. Energy Audits are expected to be required if you would like to install solar panels or perform a whole house energy efficiency retrofit. The City of San Diego is even expected to pay for these homeowner energy audits! In addition, the highly anticipated $9.8 billion Cash for Caulkers program focuses on whole house energy efficient retrofits. The government could pay up to half of the cost of a retrofit. Building Performance Institute certified Home Performance Contractors will be the ones recognized by the government to do work on homes for the Cash for Caulkers program. Energy Audits could be a critical component as well for this program. We will soon be reporting the results from the Energy Audits on Bill Walton’s homes. Stay tuned!
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