Home Energy Tune-uP is a program that makes home energy efficiency improvements available and affordable to all homeowners. Available because you can find a Tune-uP inspector to come to your home with one click. Affordable because most improvements will save more on your energy bills than they will cost when financed.

Why Should I Have a Tune-uP?

A Tune-uP will help you put your home in top operating condition, and

• Make your home more comfortable—warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer
• Reduce your energy costs by an average of 25%
• Increase the value of your home
• Improve the environment

What Does Tune-uP Provide?

• Information on which improvements are best for your home–based on an inspection by a certified Energy Inspector.
• Investment grade savings and cost estimates for each improvement–calculated with the Tune-uP software.
• Assistance in finding contractors and suppliers–a contractor database.

Lower Energy Cost

• Technical Information–direct telephone access to our energy experts.
• Financing Help–now available with the FHA Streamlined (K) loan and conventional lenders.
• Energy Education–Tune-uP includes a number of recommendations that are either difficult to estimate, such as lights, or that are only found in a few homes, such as skylights. Also included in the report is a list of maintenance tasks tailored to your home.

Why Every Homebuyer Wants a Tune-uP

When buying an older home, upgrading the energy features of the home with a Tune-uP is a source of revenue. The cost of the improvements can be rolled into your mortgage and can be paid for each month from your energy savings. Tune-uP is the only energy audit that identifies the group of improvements whose monthly energy savings exceed the monthly cost when financed.

Not only will your home be more comfortable and more valuable, but you may actually come out with extra cash. First, you can get up to $500 from the tax rebate for purchases made in 2006 or 2007. Second, you can get an income deduction from your taxes for the interest paid on your mortgage.