The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) US DOE Formula Block Grants for state and local governments.

Next month the $3.2 billion US DOE Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program comes into effect. The Formula Grants up to $2.744 billion are for cities with a population of 35,000 or more and counties with a population of 250,000 or more. To find out how much money is involved for your city or county go to this website document: http://www.eecbg.energy.gov/grantalloc.html
For a complete article on the US DOE EECBG Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program go to this website: http://www.eecbg.energy.gov/downloads/WIP_EECBG_Fact_Sheet_FINAL_Print.pdf

Alamo Infrared is the leading provider for the government required energy audits for state and local public and governmental buildings. Alamo Infrared Energy Audits for EECCBG Block Grants in Utah

We pay cash for used FLIR infrared cameras

We are buying used FLIR infrared cameras.
Cash for FLIR systems used infrared cameras.
Looking to sell your used infrared camera?
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We Buy FLIR infrared cameras - We pay cash - Selling your FLIR

We need used FLIR infrared cameras. If you are wanting to sell your FLIR infrared camera contact us at info@umrt.com. We pay cash for your used FLIR thermal infrared cameras. We buy all FLIR cameras. FLIR B200 | FLIR B360 | FLIR B400 | FLIR i5 | FLIR B40 | FLIR B50 | FLIR B60 | FLIR T200 | FLIR T360 | FLIR T400. We pay cash for FLIR batteries, chargers, lenses and accessories. Cash for Infrared Cameras - info@umrt.com

Utah Energy Audit | The 1st Step For Reducing Home Energy Costs

UtahEnergyAudit.com is the hottest thing going on this season in Utah. Infrared Home Energy Auditors have had a busy week in Salt Lake City, Draper, Park City and Riverton with more homes and businesses scheduled for next week. The average Utah home owner can expect 15-35% lower utility costs if they follow the recommendations following their home energy audit and blower door test. Go to www.utahenergyausit.com for more information.

Ed Newman

Alamo Infrared Home Inspections & Energy Audits

www.umrt.com

801-651-5484

What is a green home? | UtahEnergyAudit.com

A green home uses less energy, water and natural resources; create less waste; and is healthier for the people living inside. The first step into retrofitting your Utah home towards a greener home is to have a comprehensive infrared audit performed to discover the "tightness" of your home or building. With the pictures taken high resolution triple fusion infrared cameras you can had your energy audit report to any retrofitter and can prescribe the correct action to sealing and insulation your home. You can stay warm this winter while you are enjoying lower utility bills. Don't wait for cash for caulkers, your first step starts this weekend by scheduling your infrared energy audit with Utah Energy Audit - www.utahenergyaudit.com

Ed Newman

Alamo Infrared Home Inspections & Energy Audits

www.umrt.com

801-651-5484

Infrared Camera Home Inspection | Salt Lake City Thermal Imaging

More and more Utah real estate agents are becoming reluctant to recommend the old traditional home inspector of yesterday when you have all this modern, state of the art technology available. They are finding the consequences of having the buyers come back later in anger and disgust because the "low budget legacy" home inspector failed to uncover hidden problems that could have otherwise been discovered.

Ed Newman

Alamo Infrared Home Inspections & Energy Audits

www.umrt.com

801-651-5484

Residential Energy Auditor in Utah

The first step for reducing a Utah homeowner's energy costs is to have an infrared energy audit and blower door test performed on your home. Forget about Utah getting cash for caulker programs, that possibility is waning as of late, Utah is getting only $14.1 million from the EERE program from the DOE. This funding is to improve energy efficiency in residential, commercial, public education and government buildings. This money will also be used to identify potential renewable energy zones.

Ed Newman

Alamo Infrared Home Inspections & Energy Audits

www.umrt.com

801-651-5484

Utah Green Homes - Federal Energy Audit

UTAH - $14.1 million awarded today

Utah will utilize Recovery Act funds to improve energy efficiency in residential, commercial, public education, and government buildings. The state will provide financial incentives to low-income housing developments and commercial and government buildings that perform energy efficiency upgrades. For instance, low income housing units will qualify for free insulation upgrades and builders working on new construction developments will qualify for rebates if they build high performance buildings.

Utah will also use funding to collect more accurate data about the potential renewable energy resources in the state that can then be used to identify potential Renewable Energy Zones.

After demonstrating successful implementation of its plan, the state will receive more than $17 million in additional funding, for a total of more than $35 million.

2009 Recovery Act and Weatherization Funding

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program will distribute $5 billion to the states under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. A chart that shows funding to individual states and U.S. territories appears below.

Ed Newman

Alamo Infrared Home Inspections & Energy Audits

www.umrt.com

801-651-5484

Utah Home Energy Audit gets an Upgrade

Our infrared home energy audit got an upgrade this week. We have new high volume blower doors, and just in time as the buildings just keep getting larger, as in over 50,000 square feet. These very high volume blower doors by Tempest will depressurize any large commercial or public building down to 50 pascals so we can perform the Utah certified infrared energy audit.

The cost of there Utah Infrared Energy audit and Blower Door Test runs around $350 for an average size home. These costs are often recovered within 12 months following the implementation or recommendation from the Alamo Infrared Energy Audit. Many of their recommendations are as simple as caulking and sealing any gaps in the buildings "envelope". Sealing and insulating in the optimal places provides a greater return on your investment. The infrared energy audit report is complete with digital and infrared photos, recommendations and volumetric air flow measurements and is available on site and immediately uploaded to their secure server and can be shared with an energy retro-fitter who can provide you with an estimate to seal and insulate your home if you choose not to do the repairs yourself.

Alamo Infrared Energy Audits has been providing comprehensive infrared energy audits for 4 years. They specialize in residential, commercial, state and federal government buildings of all types and sizes. We now have the largest blower door fans available, capable of buildings larger than 100,000 sq ft. Our service area includes Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado. Visit the energy audit page at www.utahenergyaudit.com for further information.

Ed Newman

Alamo Infrared Home Inspections & Energy Audits

www.umrt.com

801-651-5484

Professional Infrared Home Inspection in Salt Lake City

One out of three homes has a hidden defect that can only be discovered with infrared cameras. Every week we discover water line and plumbing leaks, missing insulation, faulty heating systems and leaking roofs that are invisible to the naked eye. A traditional "limited visual" inspection would miss these items, only to be discovered later after you have moved in.

Triple Fusion Infrared cameras allow us to look into walls, ceilings and floors. We can now see all kinds of things that you would never see with the naked eye and a flashlight. Thermal imaging lets you see wet spots from leaky roofs and leaking plumbing.

Mold and termites can not hide from inferred cameras either.

Overheated breakers and electrical circuits show up like a candle in the dark. The operation of the furnace and air conditioner can also be fully tested for BTU output.

Insulation in the walls and attic areas can be quickly evaluated as well as the sealing and weather stripping around doors. Infared cameras are the primary tool for mold detection..

Ed Newman

Alamo Infrared Home Inspections & Energy Audits

www.umrt.com

801-651-5484

Grant Money - Idaho $11.4M and Utah $14.1M From DOE - EERE

The Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy has awarded $204 Million for State Energy Programs in 10 States. http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/daily.cfm/hp_news_id=175

These grants are for state and local governments to improve energy efficiency in residential, commercial, public education and government buildings. The state will provide financial incentives to low-income housing developments and commercial and government buildings that perform energy efficiency upgrades. For instance, low income housing units will qualify for free insulation upgrades.

For city, county and state buildings the first step is to have UtahEnergyAudit conduct a Infrared Energy Audit and Blower Door test by Utah's Original Energy Auditor. We have the equipment and high volume calibrated blower door systems to perform energy audits on very large buildings, schools, universities, warehouses and auditoriums.

If you are in the process of receiving DOE Government Grant funding for Energy Audits and Energy Efficiency contact us with RFP as soon as possible so we can get your audit completed as soon as possible.

After successful implemtation of these original grants, there will be an additional $21 Million in additional funding.

www.utahenergyaudit.com 801-661-2198 energy@umrt.com

Ed Newman

Alamo Infrared Home Inspections & Energy Audits

www.umrt.com

801-651-5484

Utah State Energy Program - EERE Weatherization | Grant Money

The federal government announced Tuesday that Utah will receive $16.6 million in grants for energy conservation and research into geothermal energy and carbon capture.

The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants will go to Salt Lake City and Utah's State Energy Program, which will distribute its $9,593,500 to communities throughout the state that haven't yet benefited from the federal stimulus grant program.

Salt Lake City received a direct Department of Energy grant of $2,116,500. A separate grant of $4.9 million is going to Utah State University for energy research.

About 2,300 cities, counties and states were eligible nationwide for the funding. In Utah -- 19 counties and 235 cities -- will be preparing for the coming competitive grant period whose deadline likely will be in January.

Utah cities, counties, and municipalities can contact www.utahenergyaudit.com for information on scheduling both static and powered infrared energy audits and high volume blower door testing.

Ed Newman

Federal Energy Audits for Facilities at DOD Agencies

DOD, NEPA, and NHPA grant recipients for energy audit for facilities at DOD agencies for ECIF facility energy improvements, energy efficiency projects and energy retrofits can contact us and schedule your Energy Audit and Blower Door Test during your timeline.

The ECIP includes projects that meet the long-term Department of Defense goal to reduce energy consumption. The program complies with facility requirements that ensure high operational performance and productivity, while emphasizing sustainability, energy efficiency, safety, and maintainable structures and systems; as well as meeting overall lifecycle cost effective standards. This program delivers costs savings, freeing funds for other warfighter needs. For example, by implementing the ECIP projects, the annual savings for the Army are estimated to be $5.0 million in operating costs.

Funding for the ECIP by the Recovery Act is provided to the Military Services, based on priorities developed by considering the requirements of the Recovery Act and the goals of ECIP. The ECIP is specifically designated for projects that reduce energy and water consumption. ECIP provides a critical funding source for investments in small-scale renewable energy technologies that fall within the savings-to-investment ratio and payback goals of the program. Therefore, the projects are focused on improving energy efficiency of existing Department of Defense facilities and creating new energy generation sources on military installations in a cost-effective manner.

Contact our Federal Energy Auditor for RFP or Scheduling www.utahenergyaudit.com

Alamo Infrared Energy Audits - 801-651-5484 or 801-661-2198 (DOD Hotline)

usgov@umrt.com energy@umrt.com

2008 Ford Ranger Super Cab For Sale - New Cond

We are changing over in Q4 from Ford Ranger trucks to Ford Escapes. This is a great chance to get your hands on a like new Ford Ranger Super Cab pick up with fiberglass shell on the bed. These are all under 2 years old, around 20K miles and in excellent condition. These are all 4 cylinder 2.3L and 5 speed manual, 2WD. Average MPG is in the high 20's. The camper shells have side windows that open up so you can access both sides and the back with ease. These trucks are spotless, and most are in showroom condition. They are priced from the low to mid $13,000 and all are still under the Ford factory warranty. Fly into Salt Lake City and drive one home. These are the perfect truck for a home inspector, someone getting into the home inspection or energy auditing business. for more information contact: sales@umrt.com

Home Energy Audit in Utah

Winter is the perfect time for doing Infrared Residential and Business Energy Audits. The first step for reducing your energy costs. Before you consider the Cash for Caulkers program you should look into having a calibrated blower door test performed on your home or business. We now have the large blower doors by Tempest and are capable of doing large homes, businesses, commercial building and municipal buildings with square footage in excess of 50,000 sq ft.

This is the perfect way to cut and lower your energy costs this winter.

Starting an energy Audit Company in Utah

Like everyone heading North to Alaska years ago seeking the fortune in the gold mines. Everyone is jumping on the green - energy audit bandwagon. As an old timer at this, sometimes I find my self shaking my head at everyone buying cheap infrared cameras, going to those one week energy audit schools and buying small 6,000 cfm blower doors. They come back home, hang out the OPEN sign and wait for the business to hit. They wait and wait. Without doing their Due Diligence and market research into their new venture. We sure are seeing a lot of this equipment ending up on eBay - as like new, barely used. The business is out there, but is like that big trout lurking under your boat - don't give up it will come to you. The single biggest problem is that you are way, way ahead of the power curve. The consumer awareness hasn't even begun yet. Consumers are smart people - they never try something, much less look into it - if they've never heard of it. No one was interested in gas mileage and fuel efficient cars until the price of gas went sky high. Be patient.

Utah Infrared Thermal Imaging

Another week of Utah Infrared Home Energy Audits is complete. This week we discovered some unique things in some new homes in South Jordan and Herriman. Missing insulation! With infrared thermal imaging equipment we can see behind sheetrock, we can see the wall studs, drywall screws and of course infrared thermal imaging allows us to locate roof trusses. We found two homes in South Jordan where the blown in celulose attic insulation was missing completely in 3 rooms. We put them in touch with Utah Attic Insulation - namely Chris James 801-589-5100. The homes in Herriman were missing on the north side (cold side). We highly recommend having a home energy assessment on your Utah residence. The cost of an infrared home energy audit is about the same as the cost of an infrared home inspection.

We are Utah's only 5 star infrared thermal imaging business dealing exclusively with homes and businesses.

Only a Utah super home inspector can deliver a super home inspection.

Utah Infrared Home Energy Audit | Alamo Infrared Home Inspection | Alamo Infrared Energy Audit

Orvis Catalog - Golden Retrievers in Riverton, Utah

I opened up the latest Orvis Catalog for Dogs and our twin goldens are still gracing the inside cover. My wife tells them all the time they are famous!
Take a minute and look at the great photos of doggies from all over America
www.orvis.com/coverdog

Government Grant Money

Doing inspections and energy audits for the government has it's ups and downs. The money is good, but it takes forever to get paid. The best part is looking over all the government grants - where our money is getting spent. Some are real stupid like flea research on Utah prairie dogs. Here is the worst of the waste.
$1.8 Million to monitor the presidential and regional elections in the country of Djibouti. Where the hell is Djibouti? And who cares when we have 15 million Americans out of work.
Read all about it:
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=490

Mudarse a Utah?

Mudarse a Utah? Si se está mudando a Riverton, Utah y tiene alguna pregunta, si necesita un inspector o un agente de bienes raíces en Riverton, Utah, por favor siéntase libre para darme una llamada o dejar un mensaje de correo electrónico. Visita mi sitio web en www.umrt.com Alamo Infrared Home Inspections and Energy Audits. Alamo infrarrojos Inicio Inspecciones y auditorías energéticas. El número uno en la lealtad agente de tres años en una fila.

Drafty rooms in your Bountiful, Utah home

The wind blew hard here in Bountiful, Utah the past few days and the phones have been ringing. More and more people are calling us and wanting an infrared Utah home energy audit so they can find out where the cold air is entering their home. After we find the cold air leaks and leave them with a certified energy audit report, they can get to work on caulking, sealing and insulating their home. The result is lower heating bills and they can watch TV at night without the blanket on their lap.

Does your home feel like a cabin in the mountains? Stop the cold air drafts, and lower your Questar gas bills. Schedule your Utah home energy efficiency audit today. www.utahenergyaudit.com 801-651-5484

Draft rooms in your Draper, Utah home

The wind blew hard here in Draper, Utah the past few days and the phones have been ringing. More and more people are calling us and wanting an infrared Utah home energy audit so they can find out where the cold air is entering their home. After we find the cold air leaks and leave them with a certified energy audit report, they can get to work on caulking, sealing and insulating their home. The result is lower heating bills and they can watch TV at night without the blanket on their lap.

Does your home feel like a cabin in the mountains? Stop the cold air drafts, and lower your Questar gas bills. Schedule your Utah home energy efficiency audit today. www.utahenergyaudit.com 801-651-5484

Draft rooms in your South Jordan, Utah home

The wind blew hard here in South Jordan, Utah the past few days and the phones have been ringing. More and more people are calling us and wanting an infrared Utah home energy audit so they can find out where the cold air is entering their home. After we find the cold air leaks and leave them with a certified energy audit report, they can get to work on caulking, sealing and insulating their home. The result is lower heating bills and they can watch TV at night without the blanket on their lap.

Does your home feel like a cabin in the mountains? Stop the cold air drafts, and lower your Questar gas bills. Schedule your Utah home energy efficiency audit today. www.utahenergyaudit.com 801-651-5484

Drafty rooms in your Riverton, Utah home

The wind blew hard here in Riverton, Utah the past few days and the phones have been ringing. More and more people are calling us and wanting an infrared Utah home energy audit so they can find out where the cold air is entering their home. After we find the cold air leaks and leave them with a certified energy audit report, they can get to work on caulking, sealing and insulating their home. The result is lower heating bills and they can watch TV at night without the blanket on their lap.

Does your home feel like a cabin in the mountains? Stop the cold air drafts, and lower your Questar gas bills. Schedule your Utah home energy efficiency audit today. www.utahenergyaudit.com 801-651-5484

riverton, Utah home energy audits

This is our 4th year providing Riverton, Utah homeowners with high performance infrared home energy audits and blower door tests. The infrared energy efficiency audit takes about 3-4 hours and the energy audit report is available on site and immeadiately uploaded to our secure server so you can view it and forward it to an energy retrofitter. When people follow our recommendations the average savings is 15%-35% on your Utah utility bill. We are number One in customer loyalty for 3 years in a row. We provide the highest quality building performance infrared energy audit for homes, businesses, commercial buildings and Federal and State government buildings. www.utahenergyaudit.com 801-661-2198

Park City, Utah home energy audits

This is our 4th year providing Park City, Utah homeowners with high performance infrared home energy audits and blower door tests. The infrared energy efficiency audit takes about 3-4 hours and the energy audit report is available on site and immeadiately uploaded to our secure server so you can view it and forward it to an energy retrofitter. When people follow our recommendations the average savings is 15%-35% on your Utah utility bill. We are number One in customer loyalty for 3 years in a row. We provide the highest quality building performance infrared energy audit for homes, businesses, commercial buildings and Federal and State government buildings. www.utahenergyaudit.com 801-661-2198

Draper, Utah home energy audits

This is our 4th year providing Draper, Utah homeowners with high performance infrared home energy audits and blower door tests. The infrared energy efficiency audit takes about 3-4 hours and the energy audit report is available on site and immeadiately uploaded to our secure server so you can view it and forward it to an energy retrofitter. When people follow our recommendations the average savings is 15%-35% on your Utah utility bill. We are number One in customer loyalty for 3 years in a row. We provide the highest quality building performance infrared energy audit for homes, businesses, commercial buildings and Federal and State government buildings. www.utahenergyaudit.com 801-661-2198

Salt Lake City Home Energy Audits

This is our 4th year providing Salt Lake City homeowners with high performance infrared home energy audits and blower door tests. The infrared energy efficiency audit takes about 3-4 hours and the energy audit report is available on site and immeadiately uploaded to our secure server so you can view it and forward it to an energy retrofitter. When people follow our recommendations the average savings is 15%-35% on your Utah utility bill. We are number One in customer loyalty for 3 years in a row. We provide the highest quality building performance infrared energy audit for homes, businesses, commercial buildings and Federal and State government buildings. www.utahenergyaudit.com 801-661-2198

New to Utah? Riverton, South Jordan, Draper - winter storms coming

Disconnect your garden hoses - Save Your Faucets.
The first winter storm of the season will enter the Great Basin tonight, snowfall above 5,000 foot level. Over a foot in the Wasatch Mtns.
The lows in Salt Lake Valley will be getting down to the low 20's. SAVE YOUR FAUCETS - drain and disconnect your hoses. Save yourself from expensive faucet repairs next year. I have heard of faucet repairs costing into the hundreds of dollars, higher with finished basements.

We are Alamo Infrared Home Inspections and Energy Audits - Utah's Largest Home Inspection and Energy Efficiency Auditor - 5 years running. www.utahenergyaudit.com

Moving to Sandy, Utah

If you are moving to Sandy, Utah and have any questions, if you need a home inspector or a Realtor in Sandy, Utah please feel free to give me a call or drop me an e-mail. Visit my web site at www.umrt.com Alamo Infrared Home Inspections and Energy Audits. If you are looking for an energy efficient Utah home, let us do your infrared home inspection and energy efficiency audit. www.utahenergyaudit.com

Moving to Herriman, Utah

If you are moving to Herriman, Utah and have any questions, if you need a home inspector or a Realtor in Herriman, Utah please feel free to give me a call or drop me an e-mail. Visit my web site at www.umrt.com Alamo Infrared Home Inspections and Energy Audits. If you are looking for an energy efficient Utah home, let us do your infrared home inspection and energy efficiency audit. www.utahenergyaudit.com 801-651-5484

Moving to Draper, Utah

If you are moving to Draper, Utah and have any questions, if you need a Utah home inspector or a Realtor in Draper, Utah please feel free to give me a call or drop me an e-mail. Visit my web site at www.umrt.com Alamo Infrared Home Inspections and Energy Audits. If you are looking for an energy efficient Utah home, let us do your infrared home inspection and energy efficiency audit. www.utahenergyaudit.com 801-661-2198

Moving to Riverton, Utah

If you are moving to Riverton, Utah and have any questions, if you need a home inspector or a Realtor in Riverton, Utah please feel free to give me a call or drop me an e-mail. Visit our web site at www.umrt.com Alamo Infrared Home Inspections and Energy Audits.If you are looking for an energy efficient Utah home, let us do your infrared home inspection and energy efficiency audit. www.utahenergyaudit.com 801-661-2198

Infrared Photo of Golden Retriever chewing on a bone

I was out this weekend getting ready for the upcoming winter, and I used my FLIR B series high resolution infrared camera to make sure the water bucket heaters and heated dog mats were working. It had just rained here in Riverton, UT and the two dogs were wet and shewing away on their new rawhide bones. I couldn't help but take some thermal images of these Golden Retrievers.

Utah Energy Audits

The are the same twin Goldens that made the Orvis Fall catalog. www.orvis.com/coverdog

Moving to South Jordan, Utah?

If you are moving to South Jordan, Utah and have any questions, if you need a home inspector or a Realtor in South Jordan, Utah please feel free to give me a call or drop me an e-mail. Visit my web site at www.umrt.com Alamo Infrared Home Inspections and Energy Audits.

If you are looking for an energy efficient Utah home, let us do your infrared home inspection and energy efficiency audit. www.utahenergyaudit.com

energy efficient homes in utah

Is the home you are buying in Utah energy efficient? When you have your new home inspection in Utah be sure you include an energy audit. Don't be surprised when the high utility bills arrive in the mail. Alamo Infrared Home Inspections and Energy Audits

Moving to Highland, Utah

Moving to Utah? If you are moving to Highland, Utah and have any questions, if you need a home inspector or a Realtor in Highland, Utah please feel free to give me a call or drop me an e-mail. Visit my web site at www.umrt.com Alamo Infrared Home Inspections and Energy Audits. Number one in agent loyalty Three Years in a row.

Past week's energy audits

The majority of the issues with our infrared energy audits this past week was the same as last week. Recessed Can Lights - they sure look nice, but the leak air like an open window. 10 can lights are like having a bathroom window open. Number 1 - they are not air tight, Number 2 - you can't insulate around them. They can easily be retrofitted with an airtight housing. Not only are they airtight, but you can insulate all around and on top of them. A quick return on your investment. Home depot has these on sale for about $13, their SKU is 797710.

If you are looking at having an infrared energy audit and blower door test on your Utah home give us a call. Alamo Infrared Home Energy Audit 801-651-5484 www.utahenergyaudit.com

If you are moving to Utah and need a first class Infrared Home Inspection contact Alamo Infrared Home Inspections

Moving to Utah

The brand new IHC Riverton Hospital is now open. If you are moving to Riverton, UT and have any question about the area from a local's perspective please give me a call or drop me an e-mail. We know the best Riverton, Utah real estate agents who can find you the home of your dreams. Alamo Infrared Home Inspections and Energy Audits is the #1 Home Inspection Company in the Salt Lake Valley for 5 years running. There are three Alamo Infrared home inspectors, each with their own FLIR high resolution camera. Ed Newman | 801-651-5484 | www.umrt.com

Moving to Utah

If you are moving to Draper, Utah and have any questions, if you need a home inspector or a Realtor in Riverton, Utah please feel free to give me a call or drop me an e-mail. Visit my web site at www.umrt.com Alamo Infrared Home Inspections and Energy Audits

Moving to Utah

If you are moving to South Jordan, Utah and have any questions, if you need a home inspector or a Realtor in Riverton, Utah please feel free to give me a call or drop me an e-mail. Visit my web site at www.umrt.com Alamo Infrared Home Inspections and Energy Audits

Moving to Utah

If you are moving to Riverton, Utah and have any questions, if you need a home inspector or a Realtor in Riverton, Utah please feel free to give me a call or drop me an e-mail. Visit my web site at www.umrt.com Alamo Infrared Home Inspections and Energy Audits

High Radon Levels in Utah

I have several large professional electronic radon monitors that cost over $5,000 that we use in building inspections. All throughout the year the static radon levels fluctuate up and down, like blood pressure. Some weeks the radon levels are up to 25%
higher than normal, some periods they are lower. I have installed 4 electronic alpha track monitors along the Wasatch Front (Ogden, Park City, Sandy, Riverton) and these monitors display the reading on a LED digital display in front of a web cam. I can quickly see all 4 radon levels at a glance. They have been higher than average this week, but today they are 50 to 75% above average. An anomaly or is an earthquake pending?

Energy Savings of 15% to 30%

With energy prices hitting record highs, let us help your get your heating costs under control.

Energy savings of 15% to 35% are often easy to obtain following the recommendation of our Infrared Energy Audit.

The cost of our Utah infrared energy audit and blower door test are often recovered in gas and electric savings within 11 to 15 months following the implementation or recommendation from the Alamo Infrared Energy Audit. Many of our recommendations are as simple as caulking and sealing any gaps in the buildings "envelope". Sealing and insulating in the optimal places provides a greater return on your investment compared to the cost of replacing windows.

If your home is drafty and leaking to the exterior, adding more insulation alone will not help. The first step is to perform a professional high-performance infrared energy audit using a calibrated door to locate the areas of sir infiltration. The blower door test not only will isolate the areas of air infiltration but will measure the cubic feet of air change per hour. The Thermal Imaging Infrared Camera will locate missing or defective insulation and locate the areas of air infiltration. Together these two test provide a very comprehensive energy audit. These comprehensive infrared energy savings audits will average around $350 for a modern, 3,000 sq ft home and usually require 3 hours. The infrared energy audit report is complete with digital and infrared photos, recommendations and volumetric air flow measurements and is available on site and immediately uploaded to our secure server and can be shared with an energy retro-fitter who can provide you with an estimate to seal and insulate your home if you choose not to do the repairs yourself.

Alamo Infrared Energy Audits has been providing comprehensive infrared energy audits for 4 years. We specialize in residential, commercial, state and federal government buildings of all types and sizes. We now have the largest blower door fans available, capable of buildings larger than 100,000 sq ft. Our service area includes Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado. Visit the energy audit page at www.utahenergyaudit.com for further information.

Lower Your Heating Bills

Want to save money on home and business heating bills this winter. Try an infrared energy audit with a blower door test. Alamo Infrared Energy Audits & UtahEnergyAudit.com

www.umrt.com www.utahenergyaudit.com

Utah Energy Savings Audit

The Utah Home Energy Audit, Infrared Energy Audit, Energy Savings Audit, Utah Blower Door Testing, Business Energy Savings Audit is HEATING UP this time of year.
The waiting list for our Infrared Energy Audit is growing, as of today we are three weeks out.

Call and schedule your Utah Infrared Home Energy Audit or Business Energy Audit today.

Alamo Infrared Energy Audits www.utahenergyaudit.com

Business Week article on Home Energy Audit

Business Week article explains high-precision home energy audits and the resulting lower gas and electric bills. Here at Alamo Infrared Energy Audits and Utah Energy Audits our business has tripled over last year as more homeowners in Utah have decided not to move and stay put, but improve the condition of their home. The infrared home energy savings audit and blower door tests that we offer are proven to save the Utah homeowner 15-35% on their Questar gas bill and Rocky Mountain electric bill.

Article: http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/dec2005/pi2005121_4811_pi001.htm

www.umrt.com www.utahenergyaudit.com

Alamo Infrared Energy Audits | Utah Energy Audit

Dog Loving Utah Real Estate agent

If you are relocating to Utah or buying and selling a home in Utah and you are a dog lover. I found the sweetest dog friendly real estate agent in utah. Here website is:
www.retrieveyourhome.com (she has 2 twin golden retrievers)

Free Electronic Radon Monitor Installation this Month in Utah

Free Installation this month on all Electronic Radon Monitors in Salt Lake County

We did this last year and it was a absolute success. We sold and installed over 1,200 electronic digital radon detector monitors in Utah homes, so we are doing it again. This year we will have a dedicated person and vehicle to handle the entire radon monitor portion of the business.

This electronic radon monitor is permanently installed in your basement, connected to an electrical outlet (no batteries) and will constantly monitor the radon level in your home every 60 minutes with the current radon level constantly displayed on the front panel in large LED digits. This monitor is “yours”, you own it, you can disconnect it and loan it to a friend or family member so they can check the radon level in their home as well. The BEST NEWS is the price is the same as last year – only $165.

This device is EPA certified and has a one year money back guarantee.

Utah Mold and Radon Testing www.umrt.com 801-651-5484

Ed Newman, CMI Alamo Infrared

Ghost Image on Infrared Camera Photograph

This is weirder than crap! I was updating my website http://www.umrt.com/ today and was working on the "infrared cameras" page and went back into some pictures that I took in February 2009 of a house that was later bulldozed down to make way for a new highway. It was a right of way inspection that is done before the government purchases the property. Going thru the thumbnails of the infrared images, just scrolling thru image by image - then I froze and got goosebumps all over. I saw a face in the wall - see the attached image - and there was nothing on the wall of that house when I was there, it was totally vacant. No I don't believe in ETs, martians or ghost and goblins but my friend - that face was not there when I took the picture. How tell me, can than image get altered in my hard drive. It looks like modern day ghostbusters! This is an unaltered infrared photograph of what? A ghost? You decide.

Ed Newman

Alamo Infrared Home Inspections and Energy Audits

Utah Realtor Technology Trade Show

Mark your calendars! October 8th and 9th
Visit our booth at the Salt Lake Board of Realtors 2009 Technology Trade Show. We will have plenty of give aways and will be demonstrating our powerful high resolution infrared fusion cameras and answering your questions about infrared home inspections.
We will also have a calibrated blower door system on display. These are the same blower doors that we use on our infrared energy audits.
Ed Newman Alamo Infrared Home Inspections 801-651-5484 umrt.com

Report Card for Advanced Access

The grade this week for Advanced Access disasterous attempt of fixing mine and countless other real estate agents websites - F minus.

Advanced Access Ongoing Outage - Day 8 of we'll fix it tomorrow

Unbelievable is the word of the day.

1st – In the time it took for Advanced Access to return a call – I had a new website up and hosted at www.theagenthouse.com (just a few hours).

2nd-When I called Advanced Access (with a smile on my face) to cancel the first of my AA hosted web sites – the person on the phone asked me why I was cancelling my account???? DUH because it is not working – down – inoperative – not functioning.

3rd-She had to transfer me to account services so they can officially cancel my account. Account services acted unaware that they were having problems. I told her that I have several web sites with AA and I was going to start canceling them one at a time, as soon as www.theagenthouse.com could bring my new website up online. She said that AA had the problems resolved and just about all websites were up and running. I told her to pull up one of my other websites and scroll down and click on the little padlock – it says: site not found! She said well we must of overlooked that one – we will have it working soon (SOON – like weeks?)
I went and checked my other websites –same problem, still down. I checked my wife’s website still down – and no e-mail.

Denial? Or ignorance?

Soon this chapter will be out of my life – why did I ever choose to have this company in charge of my websites that my companies sustenance heavily depends on.

So as the sun is setting in the west on Day 8 of Advanced Access Real Estate Web Site Outage, I look forward to calling them Monday morning and asking them: Why is my website down and when will it be working again. The blogs will continue until they can fix it or answer my question. That my friends will be Day 11 of the Great Advanced Access Real Estate Web Site Outage.

Advanced Access Ongoing Outage - Day 7 of we'll fix it tomorrow

Advanced Access Ongoing Outage Fiasco - Day 7 of we'll fix it tomorrow

Another day, more lost sales and pissed off customers that I already have, who knows about the ones that slipped away. I did call and cancel one of my websites, all of my intellecards and some e-mail. Whew - that made me feel better. I found a great real estate web site.

www.theagenthouse.com

much cheaper AND THEY ACTUALLY ANSWERED THE PHONE - THEY EVEN HELP YOU!!! AMAZING

Advanced Access Ongoing Outage - Day 6 of we'll fix it tomorrow

Lost two more deals yesterday ($$$$$$$). So far I have lost more money during this outage than I have spent in 5 years of paying $150/month with Advanced Access. A phone call this morning to AA - "Sorry - We know about it - we are working on it" . Currently having backup websites being built on Network Solutions.
Give be a break - "Sorry - we are working on it"

Advanced Access Ongoing Outage - Day 5 of we'll fix it tomorrow

It is also day 2 of finding another real estate web hosting site. I have 3 websites with AA and my wife has 1 there as well. Loosing 4 accounts won't rattle their tree, but it will certainly stop the caos around here. This is AA second major outage in 2 years, be very careful when considering a real estate web site.

Hidden water shut off valve

How many times have we seen the "hidden water shut off" where someone finished the basement with sheetrock drywall and never installed an access door panel for the water shut off valve and regulator? This is not a problem for an infrared camera. I found this one in 30 seconds yesterday. You can clearly see the valve above the electrical outlet, and the regulator is above the valve.

Salt Lake City dog beating reward update

The animal Advocacy Alliance of Utah added $1,500 to the reward for the person or persons who beat a dog to death over the weekend. Alamo Infrared Home Inspections handed a check for $2,000 to Katharine Brant at the Humane Societ of Utah this morning. This puts the total reward now at $6,500.

I hope they catch these scum bags this week. Be sure and give your dog an extra hug tonight in memory of "Tuffy"

Alamo Infrared Offers $2,000 reward in dog beating case

The Humane Society of Utah today reacted with outrage and offered a $3,000 reward. Alamo Infrared Home Inspections upped the ante and is offering an additional $2,000 for the arrest and conviction of the the person or persons responsible for the wicked attack on Chuck Long's adorable Jag Terrier named "Tuffy"

Daylight Savings Time

Daylight Saving starts Sunday, March 8th Don’t forget to “Spring forward” and set your clocks ahead 1 hour BEFORE you go to bed Saturday night! This is also a good time to change the batteries in your smoke detectors.

The Battle of the Alamo - 173 years ago

March 6th, 1836

This spring morning back in 1836, the Alamo fell. For more than 13 days, 186 brave and determined patriots withstood Santa Anna’s seasoned army of over 4,000 troops. To a man, the defenders of that mission fort knew they would never leave those ramparts alive. They had several opportunities to leave and live. Yet, they chose to fight and die. How foolish they must look to this generation of spoiled Americans.

It is difficult to recall that stouthearted men such as Davy Crockett (a nationally known frontiersman and former Congressman), Will Travis (only 23 years old with a little baby at home), and Jim Bowie (a wealthy landowner with properties on both sides of the Rio Grande) really existed. These were real men with real dreams and real desires. Real blood flowed through their veins. They loved their families and enjoyed life as much as any of us. There was something different about them, however. They possessed a commitment to liberty that transcended personal safety and comfort.

Liberty is an easy word to say, but it is a hard word to live up to. Freedom has little to do with financial gain or personal pleasure. Accompanying Freedom is her constant and unattractive companion, Responsibility. Neither is she an only child. Patriotism and Morality are her sisters. They are inseparable; destroy one and all will die.

Early in the siege, Travis wrote these words to the people of Texas:
“Fellow Citizens & Compatriots: I am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. . . . The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword . . . I have answered the demand with a cannon shot & our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender or retreat. . . . VICTORY OR DEATH!

173 Years Ago, Today

REMEMBER THE ALAMO

Radon Testing In Granite Countertops

Radon testing in granite counter tops is now a part of our services. We have conducted many tests on granite and so far most of the testing on granite counter tops, wall surrounds and granite floors are not showing these concentrated levels of radon. This is not to say that there is no concern, we have found several homes with granite counter tops containing "hot spots" of rather high concentrations of radon. These "hot spots" simply needed to be cored out, or removed from the counter top.

We have purchased a special device that can scan these surfaces for "hot spots". Hot spots are areas on granite that are producing gamma radiation that may not be safe, whether or not these hot spots are radon or some other form of radiation. Most especially important for pregnant expectant mothers with a developing fetus who spend many hours next to these granite counter tops.
For a small fee, we can now scan these surfaces to determine if a "hot spot" exists. If one does exist, then some action may be needed to remove the portion of granite that contains the hot spot.

For more information visit our web site: www.umrt.com

Our 2009 Hot Air Balloon Schedule

The calendar is beginning to fill up. Beautiful Buena Vista, Colorado will be the first stop on the tour this summer. The Balloonavista Hot Air Balloon Festival will take place the first weekend in June. Our sponsor this year will be the fabulous Alpine Lodge Motel on the banks of the Arkansas River http://www.vtinet.com/alpine/ There is great whitewater stuff to do on the river and several local hot springs to soak in. July 4th weekend is the Teton Valley Hot air Balloon festival and this will be our hundreth year there it seems. What a wonderful place to fly. Probably the highlight of the year will come in August at the Star Valley Ranch in Wyoming. Star Valley is about an hour south of Jackson Hole. This 1st annual event will have 13 balloons, a balloon glow, big street dance and lots of fun. If you get the chance, come out and have fun with us this year!

One Trillion Dollar Spending Bill

One way in which you may not want to look at the $$ Trillion $$ dollar spend-u-las bill is how long it will take to repay.

There are 305 million people living in the United States. If every living American saved $1/week it would take 630 years to repay a trillion dollars.

If everyone saved $1/day (305 million X $365) is would take 9 years to repay a trillion dollars.

Great one liner by Neil Cavuto re: TARP and Fed Gov

Just heard a great one liner that will give you a chuckle during these hard times.

Neil Cavuto on the FBN said: "If you put the Federal Government in charge of the Sahara Desert, pretty soon we would have a shortage of sand."

He was talking about the TARP "black hole" - no one in government can tell you where the $350B TARP money went.