Through the energy assessment process, Alaska Heat Smart will:

• Provide a detailed report outlining options about what heat pump systems will work best in your home with your existing heating infrastructure.
• Help you determine if your home has any existing issues that should be dealt with prior to adding a heat pump. These could include electrical panel needs, electrical service needs, a lack of proper air sealing or insulation, or other energy efficiency concerns.
• Help identify potential home energy improvements, including options for domestic hot water production, as well as heating of lesser used spaces, and heat pump heating of your home’s primary living spaces.
• Help you identify available financing options, from cash incentives and rebates, to traditional loans, or possible tax credits.
• Provide analysis of contractor quotes.

Please note that your past energy usage data is important to accurately analyze your home’s heating needs and its potential for cost savings. With your permission, Alaska Heat Smart can obtain your home’s past electricity use data directly from your utility in some communities. In some cases, you will be asked to obtain your past electricity use data and send it to us.

For all other forms of energy (oil, wood, pellets, propane, etc.), we will need you to collect three years (if possible) of your home’s fuel usage (how many units of fuel, fuel type, dates) before we can run any calculations. If this information is not available for some reason, we can still perform an assessment for you, but our conclusions will be less accurate and a bit more general. 

See below for a list of information we will request for your home energy assessment:

• Floor plan of your home (can be a rough sketch)
• Last three years (if possible) of oil and/or propane usage – dates delivered and gallons delivered (if applicable)
• Estimated # of cords of wood used each year (if applicable)
• Estimated # of 40lb bags of pellets used each year (if applicable)
• Last three years of natural gas usage – CCF (if applicable)

How to Obtain your Past Energy Data

Accurate cost savings projections are based on accurate past fuel use data. In addition to wood and/or pellet quantities and electrical data, we ask anyone who heats with oil or gas to obtain at least the last three years of their oil/gas use data prior to their Alaska Heat Smart advisor home visit.

For each of the last three years (at least, if possible) of deliveries, we need to see, at a minimum, your gallons delivered and dates of each delivery. Invoices should also note if the tank was filled or if a specific amount was asked-for instead, if possible. You can collect your data by calling your provider and asking for your history, which usually comes in the form of an emailed accounting spreadsheet. Please forward copies to us.

Below is an example of a fuel data spreadsheet your provider may send.