The city of Austin has recently passed the ordinance to require all home sellers to have an "energy audit" prior to selling the home. This ordinance will be required on all homes sold as of June 1st, 2009. They tried to start this back in January 2009, but at that point there were only five licensed auditors. So since there are about 20,000 listings at any given time, those five people would have been overwhelmed. So they set the date back to June 1st 2009, so they had a chance to train more auditors.
There are a few homes that are exempt from this audit: 1. New homes constructed within the last ten years, 2. Homes that have had a recent Austin Energy Update participating with the Rebate program, 3. Homes that are changing ownership due to Foreclosure, divorce, death.
In the last few months several people have asked me "where do I find a licensed EA auditor?" So I have compiled a list. This is a partial list and I am sure this list will keep growing. I will do my best to update it periodically. I hope you find this information useful.
Accountable Energy Scott Young accountableenergy@yahoo.com (512) 785-4533
Austin Green Energy Audits, LLC Moore McDonough moore@austingreenenergyaudits.com (512) 785-1505
ECO Inspections Roland Huettel roland@ecoinspections.com (512) 784-3429
Energy Audit Masters James Davis ContactUs@EnergyAuditMasters.com (512) 589-3038
Green City Energy Audits Brady Zaitoon brady.zajtoon@gmail.com (512) 363-5181
Green Footprint Solutions Thomas Pardue info@GreenFootprintSolutions.com (888) 789-0906
Green Zone Home Matt Stevens matt@greenzonehome.com (512) 467-0005
Quality Home Inspections Joey Biddle vicki@qualityhomeinspections.info (512) 894-0404
Strand Brothers Chris Strand chris.strand@serviceexperts.com (512) 834-8628
If you are in the market for a new home and are not presently working with a Realtor, call me. I would be happy to help you through the process of buying a home. I specialize in Relocation and I have a network of experts to make the process easy to navigate. I look forward to the opportunity to earn your business.
Betina Foreman, Realtor
Keller Williams Real Estate 1801 S. Mopac, Suite 100 Austin, Texas 78746 512-771-6318 Realtor_Austin@yahoo.com Betina@KW.com www.ServingCentralAustin.com
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