Reno Home Inspections & Energy Audits

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Have you been thinking about getting an Energy Audit on you home? If not you should be. Nevada imports 6-8 Billion a year in Energy. When you save on energy you keep money locally. There is a program right now called HomeFree Nevada that is willing to help pay for some of those energy upgrades. I...
03/21/2012
Do you have an old Refrigerator hanging around? Maybe one in the garage that sits mostly empty? It’s time to dump it and save energy and money. A refrigerator that is over 10 years old can use twice the electricity as a new Energy Star Refrigerator.  With the model number you can look up your old...
03/21/2012
Many people associate St. Patrick’s Day with drinking. Usually it’s Irish Whiskey or Green Beer. But the Reno wine walk is doing a St. Patrick’s day walk. You can sample up to 25 different wines and proceeds benefits NV Colon Cancer Partnership. It’s on March 17th from 2-5 PM.   Head to any parti...
03/16/2012
We have allot of dining variety in the Biggest Little City In The World. But who doesn't like a deal and Reno has daily deals. The best part is there are also deals on Holidays. St. Patrick's Day is a popular day for people to go out and with these dining deals it might leave some extra change f...
03/15/2012
We all love windows in our home.  Often time windows are sold as an energy saver upgrade. New windows can save some money in energy cost but most of the time they don’t pay themselves back in Energy savings like other energy retrofits can. People often take in to account the possibility of energy...
03/14/2012
In my previous post http://actvra.in/wQk I wrote about the International Women's Day celebrationevent that is being sponsored by the Zonta Club of Greater Reno and is being held March 8th from 6-10 pm at the National Automobile Museum in Reno. The time is near I will be in attendance at a booth t...
03/07/2012
It’s Official, after several months the call came in today from the Nevada Real Estate Division that my Energy Auditors License was being put in the mail. Up until now I was able to perform audits since my license application was submitted. Last year when the Nevada Legislator passed AB423 it req...
03/06/2012
In a recent tragedy two teenagers died in an apartment fire in Reno. The Fire Department stated that the smoke detector didn’t contain a working battery. Death from fire can be prevented and a working smoke detector is essential to the safety of the people inside. Fire spreads fast and the smoke ...
03/06/2012
The DocuSign contest called Eliminating Inefficiencies In Real Estate - A Contest  got me thinking about how I have dealt with some inefficiencies. I’ve never heard of DocuSign but it does seem like a useful service. How I have cut out some inefficiencies out of my business As a Home Inspector an...
03/04/2012
Water heaters are one of those things that no one ever thinks about until it’s broken. They are tucked away in a closet or covered by junk in the garage. Water heaters need regular maintenance just like anything else. These are large tanks of pressurized hot water, connected to a flammable fuel (...
03/01/2012
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