As the mecury keeps climbing so are electric bills, but cities like Austin have passed laws requiring homeowners to conduct energy-efficiency audits before selling. It can spell big savings and help the environment.
Even in this million dollar neighborhood in Plano people are looking to save money. The new owners of this 1.5 million , six thousand square foot home have called an energy expert.
Starting Eric Love shows where they're loosing money. They need more insulation. Love goes room to room making recommendations.
He says, " This right here, this weather stripping is getting old."
Newer strips mean less escaped air. He also suggests this seven hundred dollar power saver because some electronics drain energy.
Eric says, " What the power saver does is it helps store wasted energy to come back and reuse it."
It may all sound expensive, but the homeowners are already paying twenty-seven hundred dollars some months for electricity.
Homeowner Richard Drucker says, " I just put a sixty thousand dollar air conditioner unit in the house just to try an create that efficiency."
It helps some, but not enough.
To make a home like this more energy efficient it'll cost between five and six thousand dollars, but keep in mind a home like this cost more than million dollars. The good news is that the homeowners won't have to pay for any of the upgrades, they're realtor will.
Zagros Bigvand of Go Go Real Estate says, " We're the first green real estate company in the country thats giving up a third of our commission to make our clients home green."
Their policy says they pay up to fifteen thousand for energy upgrades to help the environment and hopefully save money. The homeowners won't have to guess, their energy expert will throw in this five hundred dollar energy detective that shows how their bill goes up cent by cent.
Starting Eric Love shows where they're loosing money. They need more insulation. Love goes room to room making recommendations.
He says, " This right here, this weather stripping is getting old."
Newer strips mean less escaped air. He also suggests this seven hundred dollar power saver because some electronics drain energy.
Eric says, " What the power saver does is it helps store wasted energy to come back and reuse it."
It may all sound expensive, but the homeowners are already paying twenty-seven hundred dollars some months for electricity.
Homeowner Richard Drucker says, " I just put a sixty thousand dollar air conditioner unit in the house just to try an create that efficiency."
It helps some, but not enough.
To make a home like this more energy efficient it'll cost between five and six thousand dollars, but keep in mind a home like this cost more than million dollars. The good news is that the homeowners won't have to pay for any of the upgrades, they're realtor will.
Zagros Bigvand of Go Go Real Estate says, " We're the first green real estate company in the country thats giving up a third of our commission to make our clients home green."
Their policy says they pay up to fifteen thousand for energy upgrades to help the environment and hopefully save money. The homeowners won't have to guess, their energy expert will throw in this five hundred dollar energy detective that shows how their bill goes up cent by cent.
