THE ROLE OF THE CERTIFIED ENERGY ADVISOR IS SET TO BECOME AN IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY PART OF THE HOUSE BUILDING PROCESS.

Ray Smith, Certified Energy Advisor, can help builders, homeowners,  home sellers and real estate agents , and commercial property owners in the Kootenay Region of British Columbia.  Phone today to find out how: office: 250-428-2704 or cell:  250-428-6781.

Energy efficiency of our homes and businesses is something we should all be concerned with and, where possible, taking the initiative to make the changes necessary to reduce our consumption of energy and emissions.

In these days of increasing fuel costs and environmental awareness the role of a Certified Energy Advisor is becoming an important part of the construction process and building energy management.

As a Certified Energy Advisor, and belonging to the Verdatech Energy Management group of companies, I can offer a large range of services to both the residential and commercial sectors. These include:

RESIDENTIAL:

• Eco energy for existing homes and access to government grants.
• Custom residential energy evaluations that go over and above the Eco energy evaluations and include other buildings and building elements, electrical, energy monitoring and identification and other problem solving.
• Multi unit residential custom energy evaluations. As for  normal residential property but for condo associations, retirement complexes, housing associations etc.
• Energuide for New Homes.  Working with builders to achieve homes built to the highest energy efficiency standards.

COMMERCIAL:

• Eco energy and energy evaluations for small to medium size commercial buildings highlighting areas where energy efficient upgrades can be made to maximise energy savings.
• Renewable energy system design and feasibility studies.

Belonging to the Verdatech group I can also offer the following services that can be used in both residential and commercial sectors.

• Blower door air tightness testing to help evaluate air infiltration and air quality.
• Building envelope design and analysis
• Infra red thermography, sometimes used in conjunction with blower door testing.
• HVAC design to include heat loss and cooling load calculations, Duct design, Equipment selection,Hydronic system design, Ventilation design and commissioning and Geothermal system design.