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Test first. Upgrade smarter.

Before spending money on repairs or upgrades, understand exactly how your home performs. We use comprehensive diagnostic testing to identify the real causes of comfort, efficiency, and air quality problems — and give you a prioritized roadmap for what to fix first.

Don't guess. Measure first. Improve with confidence.
Sound Familiar?

Is your home experiencing any of these?

These are the real problems homeowners search for — and exactly what a Home Performance Assessment is designed to diagnose and resolve.

High electric or gas bills
Rooms that are always hotter or colder than others
Home that never feels comfortable, no matter what you do
HVAC system that runs constantly but can't keep up
Drafts around windows, doors, or outlets
Poor indoor air quality or allergy symptoms worse indoors
Humidity problems — too dry or too humid
Excessive dust throughout the home
Looking to Better Understand Your Home?

Planning ahead? Start with objective data.

Not every homeowner has an urgent problem. Some simply want to understand how their home performs before making decisions. A Comprehensive Home Performance Assessment gives you the objective information to plan smarter.

Recently purchased a home and want the full performance picture
Planning renovations and want to know where to invest first
Interested in energy-efficiency upgrades but not sure which ones matter
Want to improve comfort and efficiency before problems get worse
Want to understand how your home performs before investing in improvements
Want a baseline measurement to track improvements over time

Why test first?

Many homeowners spend thousands of dollars replacing HVAC equipment, adding insulation, replacing windows, or making other upgrades — without fully understanding why their home is uncomfortable or inefficient.

Our Home Performance Assessment uses professional diagnostic testing to identify the underlying causes affecting your home's comfort, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, HVAC performance, and building envelope. Instead of guessing where to spend your money, we help you determine which improvements will provide the greatest impact before you begin repairs or renovations.

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Here's How We Help

A Comprehensive Home Performance Assessment — not just a collection of tests

Our goal isn't simply to identify problems — it's to provide homeowners with a clear understanding of how their home performs and a prioritized roadmap for improving comfort, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, HVAC performance, and overall building performance.

1

We evaluate your home as a complete system

Using multiple professional diagnostic tools — blower door, thermal camera, duct tester, airflow hood, static pressure gauge, IAQ monitor — we measure how every part of your home performs together, not in isolation.

2

We identify the real causes

Air leakage, duct losses, HVAC underperformance, insulation gaps, ventilation problems — we find what's actually driving your comfort, efficiency, or air quality issues instead of guessing.

3

We tell you what to fix first

Rather than presenting a list of everything that could be improved, we prioritize by impact — so you invest in the improvements that will actually make the biggest difference for your home.

4

We can verify the results

After improvements are completed by the contractor of your choice, we can return to confirm the results with measured data — so you know the investment actually worked.

What You Receive

Comprehensive Home Performance Assessment

The assessment is the product. The diagnostic testing is the methodology we use to gather the objective data that supports it. Here's what you receive.

Objective performance data

Measured results across air leakage, duct efficiency, HVAC performance, airflow, and indoor air quality.

Professional analysis

Expert interpretation of what the data means for your home's comfort, efficiency, and air quality.

Building envelope evaluation

Assessment of how well your home's shell controls air, moisture, and temperature — with specific improvement recommendations.

HVAC optimization recommendations

Practical steps for improving your heating and cooling system's performance, efficiency, and longevity.

Photo documentation

Visual record of findings including thermal images that show exactly where problems exist inside your home.

Written report

Clear, jargon-free documentation of everything we found and what it means — in language a homeowner can act on.

Prioritized improvement roadmap

Ranked recommendations starting with the improvements that will have the greatest impact on comfort, efficiency, and air quality.

Optional verification testing

After improvements are done, we return to confirm measurable performance gains with data — not opinions.

"Our goal isn't simply to identify problems — it's to provide homeowners with a clear understanding of how their home performs and a prioritized roadmap for improving comfort, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, HVAC performance, and overall building performance."

Every recommendation is prioritized based on its expected impact on comfort, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, HVAC performance, and overall building performance — so you always know what to address first.

Just Purchased a Home?

A home inspection tells you if a home is safe.
A Comprehensive Home Performance Assessment tells you how it performs.

Most buyers never commission a performance assessment — which means most new homeowners are living with hidden comfort, efficiency, and air quality problems they don't know about. Before you invest in renovations or upgrades, understand exactly what you're working with.

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Common Questions

Frequently asked questions

A Comprehensive Home Performance Assessment is a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation of how your home performs — covering air leakage, duct efficiency, HVAC performance, indoor air quality, and the building envelope. Unlike a home inspection, which checks for safety issues, an assessment measures actual performance and identifies where your home is losing comfort, energy, and money. The result is a written report with objective data and a prioritized roadmap for improvement.
A full Comprehensive Home Performance Assessment typically takes 2–4 hours depending on the size of your home and the scope of testing. We'll give you a more specific estimate when you schedule.
Possibly. A new HVAC system doesn't fix problems with your home's building envelope — air leaks, insulation gaps, and duct losses that existed before the new system was installed will still be there. If your home has comfort problems, a new system often doesn't solve them. Testing tells you whether the system or the home itself is the root cause.
You'll receive a written report with photos, test results, and a prioritized list of recommendations — ranked by impact so you know what to address first. You then use the contractor of your choice to complete any improvements. We can return after the work is done to verify the results through follow-up testing.
Uneven temperatures between floors are one of the most common home performance complaints. The causes vary — duct leakage into the attic, inadequate airflow to upper-floor registers, air leakage through the ceiling, or insufficient insulation. A diagnostic assessment identifies which factor is responsible so the fix addresses the actual cause instead of guessing.
High energy bills are almost always caused by a combination of factors — air leakage forcing your HVAC to work harder, duct losses sending conditioned air into unconditioned spaces, HVAC systems running inefficiently, or inadequate insulation. A Comprehensive Home Performance Assessment identifies exactly which factors are contributing to your bills so you can address them in order of impact.
This is one of the most common questions we get — and the honest answer is: it depends on your specific home. In many cases, addressing air sealing and duct leakage first allows you to right-size the replacement HVAC system, which saves money and improves performance. A Comprehensive Home Performance Assessment gives you the data to make that decision with confidence rather than guessing.
Be an Informed Homeowner

Questions to ask your HVAC contractor

Before authorizing any HVAC work, make sure you have clear answers to these. A reputable contractor will have no trouble with any of them.