Why Hire a Technically Advanced AEA Energy Rater or Auditor?

We all know them. The guys with pounds of silicon hanging from their belts. Every new gadget that has hit the market in the past 10 years has done time around their waist. Call them geeks. Call them nerds. Call them what you will, but by all means, give them your energy rating and auditing business. Why? We're glad you asked.

AEA Energy Efficiency Professionals are, by far, the most technical guys in the realm of residential energy auditing. By necessity, they were born into the digital world and have developed and utilize tools not seen by their colleagues. The energy rating and auditing process is one that lends itself to technology. And technology has paid significant dividends to those of us who have invested in it. These dividends are shared with our clients, in the form of shorter turnaround times and a much better energy rating and recommendation reports.

Ease in Ordering

Millions of real estate transactions are processed each year in the United States. AEA believes almost all of them will soon require some sort of Energy Rating or Energy Label. Technology has allowed savvy energy raters and auditors to reduce the amount of work their client's need to order, track and receive recommendations and reports. In the past, the primary mode of interaction between an energy efficiency professional and his clients was the telephone and fax machine. Clients would send requests via fax, and then often follow it up with a phone call to make sure it was received. Tracking the progress of the scheduled energy services and reports meant more phone calls - a disruption for both the client and the auditor.

But the modern, technologically advanced AEA energy efficiency professional has a better method. Using tools like this web site - complete with the ability to order ratings and audits online - allows clients to shave valuable time off the process of ordering and tracking services and reports. These technologies are giving clients the ability to not only order services, but track their progress all the way until report delivery. No more annoying games of phone tag!

Technology in Data Transferring

The energy rating and auditing process is nothing if not a data intensive process. Energy efficiency professionals spend a lot of their time gathering both specific information about the subject property and general data about utility rates.  Once again, AEA has chosen to use technology to help our raters and auditors.  In the past, the home rating and auditing processes have been the time consuming and difficult.  To top it off, the energy efficiency professionals then had to come back to the office and transcribe their field notes into the energy efficiency file itself. Not anymore.  AEA uses mobile digital technology to transfer data from the field professionals to engineering to reporting in realtime.  This avoids the costs and scheduling hassles of coming back to the house over and over again.

Online Reporting - Saving Time and Trees

Once the energy rating or auditing field diagnostics and engineering is completed, the reporting department creates your personal reports and incentive applications (where available).  All of your audit information loaded into a protected file for you to access at any time.  All of your reports, incentive complicance documentation, contractor bid packets (contractor instructions) and field data are located in a internet-accessible, password-protected file.  You can access, download or forward any information at any time, WITHOUT the need to print.  This helps both us and you to "Be Green . . . Keep Green".

AEA Departmental Advantage

Most independent energy auditing services are individuals or small teams that require the field diagnostic person to conduct the testing, calculate the saving potentials and write the reports.  This can be very inefficient and unorganized.  By deparmentalizing the process, AEA provides quick turnaround and extremely high quality independent energy audits.  By defintion, AEA is an efficiency company focused on residential energy.  So to optimize our internal efficiency (and reduce your costs), AEA uses experienced field professionals with the latest tools, experienced engineers with proprietary computer programs and experienced reporting professionals with the best customer service skills to ensure you get high quality and personal customization from your home energy audit experience.