Home Assessment
What’s a Home Assessment?
Although a home assessment is no longer required to receive an Elizabethtown Gas energySMART rebate, it can provide useful energy knowledge about your home that can lead to additional energy savings.
A home assessment involves a Building Performance Institute (BPI) certified technician performing tests that will help assess the conditions of your home, providing you with a thorough look at your home's safety and how efficiently your home uses energy and what, if any, is wasted. You can expect the assessment to take between two and three hours.
This includes:
- Health and safety check (carbon monoxide levels, moisture, and indoor air quality problems)
- Overall comfort level (cold/hot spots, indoor air quality stuffiness/stale odors)
- Air sealing opportunities
- Insulation levels
- Heating system efficiency
- Cooling system/central air conditioning efficiency, if applicable
- Domestic hot water system efficiency
- Major appliances
- Lighting
Upon completing the assessment, the certified technician will provide you with a detailed report listing home efficiency improvements that can be made at various investment levels.
Find a Contractor
In order to qualify for incentives within the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR® Program, work must be completed by a BPI Certified contractor. For a full list of participating certified contractors throughout the state, call New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program at 1-866-NJSMART or visit New Jersey's Clean Energy Program.
Contractors participating in New Jersey's Home Performance with ENERGY STAR meet the certification and accreditation guidelines of the Building Performance Institute (BPI), the industry's resource for building science technology that sets standards for assessing and improving the energy performance of homes.
For assistance with any HVAC, plumbing or appliance needs, you may contact one of our Natural Gas Advantage Dealers who have been selected based on their ability to provide the best in customer service and satisfaction. Download a list of Natural Gas Advantage Dealers in our Northwest Area or Union and Middlesex Areas.