A Greener Home or Business Saves You Money

Do you want to?

• SAVE MONEY!! Most Maui Eco Built clients can reduce their energy costs by 20-30%, potentially saving thousands of dollars a year depending on overall consumption.
• Increase the comfort of your home or business by improving the air quality.
• Increase the resale value of your home or business. Green is in high demand!
• Reduce your homes' impact on the environment.
• Do your part in the fight to reduce Global Warming.
• Take advantage of state and federal tax breaks for reducing energy consumption A Maui Eco Built Energy Audit will give you a thorough assessment of your home or business’s energy consumption and how to best incorporate renewable energy strategies.

As a reference, the average U.S. usage per day is 30 Kw/h, for Hawaii 20 Kw/h. Maui Eco Built hi efficiency house 6.5Kw/h.

Reducing your energy consumption not only saves natural resources, it can also save you thousands of dollars. Electronics, heating and cooling systems, lighting fixtures, etc., are some of the biggest culprits and often simple fixes and upgrades are available to drastically reduce the amount of electricity you consume.

Before you install a renewable energy system or make electrical home upgrades it’s essential that you get a professional energy audit so you can make the best use of existing technologies.

 

What do we do?

Our customized energy audits review every aspect of your home or business to determine where energy is being lost. We look at:
• Building envelope
• Equipment
• HVAC System
• Lighting
• Water Heating
• Window Coverings
• Shading
• Electrical plug loads

How much time does an energy audit take?

This depends on the size of your home or business. The average Energy Audit takes just a few hours.

How much money can you save?

Actual cost savings depends on your overall power usage and implementation of efficiency measures. As we see time and time again, little changes make a big difference! Our clients often save thousands of dollars over the course of a year in reductions to their energy bill.

How much does an Energy Audit Cost?

A two-hour audit starts at $150. Cost increases depending on the complexity and size of your electrical systems.

 

Phantom Load Whoppers

 

What are phantom loads?

These are faulty appliances that are taking in large amounts of energy even when turned off. They are more common than you think. On recent Energy Audits, we discovered:

Small A/C, (faulty) running 24 hours a day - 16Kw/h per day
12-72W lights on for 10 hours a day - 9/kw/h
Air fan on 24 hours a day - 8.5 Kw/h per day
Septic pump on 24 hours a day - 6.0 Kw/h per day
Computer router (faulty) - 5.2 Kw/h per day
Pond pump on 24 hours a day - 4.4 Kw/h per day

 

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