HomeAudit Program

HomeAudit Pilot Program

Westar Energy customers who own a house 10 years or older can now assess its energy efficiency through the HomeAudit Pilot Program.

For $100, homeowners can have a professional $300 audit performed that will provide them with a customized Energy Conservation Plan. Participants are able to receive a $100 rebate on the cost of the audit if they provide receipts showing they implemented at least $100 in improvements recommended in the Energy Conservation Plan.

HomeAudit Benefits

Whether you plan to stay in your home another 10 years or put it on the market, a professional home energy audit can pinpoint measures to take to optimize energy savings, improve the comfort of your home and enable Westar to postpone power plant development to meet increasing demand.

A home energy audit can also promote personal safety by identifying carbon monoxide in your home. Professional energy auditors estimate that 10 percent of the audits they perform reveal carbon monoxide issues.

1. How do I qualify?
2. How do I sign up?
3. What happens during an audit?
4. What happens after the audit?

How do I qualify?

Participating Westar Energy customers must:

• Own a single-family home that is 10 years old or older (mobile homes and apartments are not eligible to participate).


• Have 12 months of continuous electric service at the home being audited.


• Be a Kansas resident.


• Not have participate in the Efficiency Kansas Program, Westar's SimpleSavings Program or the Kansas Weatherization Assistance Program.

To participate in the HomeAudit Program for $100, participants must:

• Have a home with two or fewer heating and cooling systems located within 50 miles of an auditor.


• Agree to pay a $100 co-pay directly to the auditor at the time the audit is performed.


• Agree to meet with a Westar Energy account manager within 30 days after Westar receives the audit from the auditor.

How do I sign up?

• Call 1.888 WORKS50 to register with an account manager who will then send an acknowledgement form to sign along with information on selecting and scheduling an appointment with a participating auditor.


• Select and schedule a participating auditor.


• Pay the auditor $100 at the time of the audit and give him or her the signed acknowledgement form*.


• Supply the auditor with a 12-month history of electric, gas and/or propane usage with signed permission to share the information with Westar Energy account managers.

*Westar Energy will not pay the auditor for any audit performed or dated before the customer's registration with Westar or for any audit performed by an auditor who is not listed as a participant in the HomeAudit Program.

What happens during an audit?

A participating professional energy auditor applying expertise and precise measuring instruments typically can:

• Perform blower door testing to pinpoint air leakage and severity.


• Assess present heating and cooling equipment's efficiency.


• Assess insulation.


• Gather data to determine potential savings for each measure recommended.


• Determine presence of carbon monoxide.

After conducting the audit, the auditor will prepare a customized Energy Conservation Plan and submit it to a Westar Energy account manager.

What happens after the audit?

A Westar Energy account manager will contact the customer to review the Energy Conservation Plan. If the customer decides to implement measures, he or she will contact a vendor or a contractor to obtain bids and schedule the work.

When the purchase is made or the work completed, the customer will send Westar Energy:

• A completed and signed Certificate of Work Completed Form.


• Copies of receipts and/or paid invoices totaling at least $100 within 120 days of the review of the Energy Conservation Plan with a Westar Energy account manager.

Disclaimer: Westar Energy facilitates the HomeAudit pilot program and assumes no liability related to audits, auditors, contractors, installation or construction, recommended energy saving measures, proposed energy savings, the Energy Conservation Plan or other activities affected by this program.

For more information, call 888.WORKS50 (888.967.5750).