Unit 39 Residential Energy Audit Questions and Answers Updated 2026

Unit 39 Residential Energy Audit
Questions and Answers Updated
2026
DefineAaAresidentialAenergyAauditA-
AAnswerAAAresidentialAenergyAauditAcanAbeAdefinedAasAtheAstepsAtakenAincrea
seAtheAhomeowner'sAcomfort,Asafety,AandAhealthAandAtheAlifeAofAtheAhouse.A
WhileAconservingAenergyAandAsavingAtheAhomeownerAmoney


NameAandABrieflyAexplainAtheAthreeAbroadAcategoriesAofAaAresidentialAofAaAr
esidentialAenergyAaudit.A-
AAnswerA1.AScreening,AvisualAinspectionsAandAmeasurements:
2.ADiagnosticAtesting
3.ANumericalAanalysisAwithAreporting


NameAtwoAnationallyArecognizedAenergyAcertificationsAforAhomeAauditorsAandAc
ontractorsA-AAnswerA1.A(BPI)ABuildingAPerformanceAInstituteA
2.A(RESNET)AResidentialAEnergyAServicesANetwork


PerformingAaAhomeAenergyAauditAstartsAwithAaAvisualAinspectionAofAaAhomeA
andAit'sAenergyAsystemsAwhichAincludeA-
AAnswerATheAbuildingAenvelope,AHVACAsystems,AbaseAloadAinspectionsAandAin
doorAairAquality.


NameAsevenAbaseAloadsAorALAMELAloadsAasAtheyAapplyAtoAaAresidentialAener
gyAauditA-
AAnswerALights,Arefrigerators,Afreezers,AwaterAheaters,AclothesAdryers,Acompute
rs,Aprinters,Acopiers,AcellAphoneAchargers.


NameAandAbrieflyAexplainAtheAfiveAmostAcommonAdiagnosticAtestsAperformedA
duringAaAresidentialAenergyAauditA-
AAnswerA1.ABlowerAdoorAtesting:AItAgivesAtheAauditorAinsightAonAhowAtightAo
rAleakyAtheAhome'sAbuildingAenvelopeAisAoverall.
2.AInfraredAscanningAtesting:

, WhatAisAoneApascalAisAequalAto?A-
AAnswerAOneApascalAisAequalAtoA0.00401865AinchesAofAwaterAcolumn.


WhatAisAoneAinchAofAwaterAcolumnAisAequal?A-
AAnswerAOneAinchAofAwaterAcolumnAisAequalAtoA250Apascals.


DescribeAtheAblowerAdoorAtest.A-
AAnswerATheAblowerAdoorAtestAisAusedAtoAmeasureAtheAairAleakageAintoAandA
outAofAaAhome.ATheAblowerAdoorAblowsAairAoutAofAtheAhouseAbringingAitAtoA
aAstandardApressure.ATheAtheAairAflowingAthroughAtheAblowerAdoorAisAmeasur
edAwhichAdeterminesAtheAseverityAofAyourAhome'sAairAleaksAandAyourAhome's
AenergyAefficiency.


WhatAcanAanAinfraredAscanningAcameraAdoAforAanAauditorAthatAaAblowerAdoo
rAtestAcannotAdo?A-
AAnswerAAnAinfraredAscanningAcameraAcanAshowAtheAexactAlocationAofAleaksA
whichAisAsomethingAtheAblowerAdoorAtestAcannotAdo.


WhatAisAtheAfunctionAofAtheAductAblower?A-
AAnswerAAAductAblowersAfunctionAisAusedAtoAmeasureAtheAairtightnessAofAforc
edAairAheating,AventilatingAandAair-
conditioningA(HVAC)AductworkAduringAresidentialAenergyAaudits.


describeAhowAtoAcheckAforAductAleakageAtoAtheAoutdoorsAusingAaAductAblower
AandAaAblowerAdoor.A-
AAnswerATheAfollowingAproceduresAareAdescribeAhowAtoAcheckAforAductAleakag
eAtoAtheAoutdoorsAusingAaAductAblowerAandAaAblowerAdoor.
•ACloseAallAwindowsAandAoutsideAdoors,AallAinteriorAdoorsAremainAopen.
•AInstallAblowerAdoorAinAaAconfigurationAtoApressurizeAtheAhome.A
•AConnectAductAblowerAtoAairAhandlerAorAairAregister.
•APressurizeAductAsystemAtoA25APascals.
•APressurizeAtheAhouseAwithAblowerAdoorAuntilAtheApressureAdifferenceAbetwee
nAtheAhouseAandAductAworkAisA0.0Apascals.