Home Energy Assessments

Home Energy Assessments

It is often possible to retrofit an existing dwelling to improve energy efficiency without spending a lot of money. 

Our home energy guides will visit your home to identify a range of upgrade opportunities taking into account your budget, including:

• Building shell upgrades and efficiencies – zoning, draughts, ceiling, wall, underfloor insulation and windows (frames, glazing, coverings, shading)

• Appliance upgrades and efficiencies – heating, cooling, hot water, pools and other appliances

• Energy generation - understanding the basics of solar generation, feed-in tariffs, load shifting and maintenance

• Review energy bills to assess whether you can reduce consumption.

Each site visit takes approximately 1.5 hours where our home energy guides inspect your home, get an understanding of your lifestyle, discuss upgrade options along with the relative cost and potential benefits. After the visit, a written report will be provided summarising the suggested actions you can take.

About our Home Energy Guides

Our home energy guides are community volunteers who have completed three days of training conducted with an accredited energy efficiency scorecard assessor. They have police and working with children checks.

​They do not have the qualifications of an assessor but can offer helpful guidance in creating an energy efficient home for increased all year comfort. While our volunteer assessors are not accredited score assessors, they do provide valuable insights for people who do not want the expense of a professional service and would like to start or progress their journey to an all-electric home.

About you

• You are interested in making your home energy efficient, but you don’t know where to begin.

• You want to find easy and affordable ways to reduce your energy bills

• Your house gets hot in summer and cold in winter and you want to learn how to make it more comfortable

• You are interested in understanding how to electrify your home.

We encourage pensioners and health care card holders to apply for this free service.

Disclaimer

Any information offered by our Home Energy Guides should be considered as general recommendations and not as professional advice.The information provided by our volunteer home energy guides is intended solely for general guidance and educational purposes. While the Home Energy Guides will strive to offer accurate and up-to-date information, we cannot guarantee the suitability, completeness, accuracy, or reliability of the information provided and we recommend you do your own research. Electrify Boroondara is not liable to you or any other person for any loss or damage (however caused, including by negligence) arising from or in connection with Home Energy Guides’ assessments or advice.