What to Know When You Request a Referral

What is the Home Performance Upgrade?

Many contractors fix only the problems they think are most obvious. If a homeowner complains of uncomfortably hot temperatures, an HVAC contractor might recommend upgrading to a larger air conditioner. If a house gets too cold during the winter, a contractor might recommend installing a larger furnace.

However, these quick-fix solutions aren’t likely to solve your basic comfort issues, nor will they improve energy efficiency. Such temperature extremes are typically symptoms of underlying problems, such as leaky ducts or inadequate insulation, which cause your entire house to under-perform.

Instead of offering a quick-fix, the Home Performance Upgrade uses a comprehensive whole-house approach to identifying and fixing comfort and energy efficiency problems in your home. Our contractors employ building science principles and use sophisticated diagnostic equipment to detect the cause of home performance related problems. This systematic approach removes all the usual guesswork involved with contracting and enables our contractors to quickly and accurately address your home’s performance issues.

The Home Performance Upgrade Process

Step 1: Evaluate
Contact us, and we will refer you to one of our highly trained Home Performance contractors. The contractor will walk with you through your house and ask about what sort of problems your home has and what kind of improvements you would like to see.

Next, the contractor will test your home. Our Home Performance contractors are highly trained experts in building science principles, using specialized instrumentation to detect the root causes of your home’s problems. Afterward, the contractor will describe the current condition of your home and how it can be improved.

Step 2: Recommend
The contractor will then provide comprehensive recommendations for realistic and affordable remedies to restore indoor comfort while maximizing the efficiency of your home’s energy systems.

You will receive a homeowner’s report summarizing test results and explaning technical terms and concepts. The report will also include a list of improvement recommendations and their cost to help you determine the improvements you want. Your Home Performance contractor will help you determine which improvements will optimize the performance of your house, so you can choose the improvements that meet your specific needs. There is never an obligation to buy.

Step 3: Improve
If you decide to invest in the suggested improvements, your Home Performance contractor will perform theHome Performance Upgrade. Our contractors are specially trained and certified in national Home Performance with ENERGY STAR standards to use the best practices and materials in all work done on your home. Also, in addition to their extensive training, CBPCA schedules regular spot-check verifications of their jobs—so you have the added assurance of the CBPCA quality verification. After the contractor makes improvements on your home, you can expect immediate improvements in comfort and energy efficiency.

Step 4: Verify Results
Once the work is completed, the contractor will run another set of tests to verify that the condition of your home has been improved. You will receive aHome Performance Upgrade completion report that shows you before and after numbers that help to quantify your house’s actual performance improvements. You will immediately experience enhanced indoor comfort and improved indoor air quality. Additionally, your utility bills will reflect the major improvements in energy efficiency in your newly upgraded home.

The Home Performance Upgrade will make your house more energy efficient and deliver the year-round comfort and quality that you expect in your home.

Save up to 40% on your energy bills while improving comfort and decreasing your home’s carbon footprint.

Houses rarely operate at peak efficiency – even new ones. Most homes lose conditioned air through leaky walls, windows, and ducting and have inadequate or poorly installed insulation.

The Home Performance Upgrade permanently improves the condition of your house, reducing your energy bill while providing year-round comfort and healthier indoor air.

Our Home Performance method is a step-by-step process designed to correctly diagnose the problems in your house and provide you with in-depth information about the results so that you can make informed decisions on the selection of the best improvements for your needs.