Building Energy Experts

I had an awful experience with this company, as apparently have others (see filtered review as well). Anthony came to my house for a $ 100 energy evaluation and estimate. When I received the estimate, I realized that Anthony completely overlooked an entire corner attic section of the house with an obvious access panel in one of the bedrooms. He came back at my request and added the section to the estimate. I would later learn from his workers on the job that he – even after his second visit – missed a ~15-​foot area that was part of this missed room.
I decided to go with his company because he seemed honest and a nice guy. Well, halfway through the project, his guys came to me to tell me that they shouldn’t perform about 40% of the work because there was probably old knob and tube wiring in that section of the attic. I had pointed out the active wiring to Anthony during his second visit, and specifically how it ran up into the top of the attic, and it apparently didn’t occur to him that this would be a safety issue.
Anthony wasn’t even present while the other workers were here. He told me over the phone mid-​project that he would only credit me 17% of the cost for the attic insulation, though by my account about 40% of the area in the price quote was not going to be completed. And this was his own fault; his workers readily discovered the problem without opening any walls.
I asked Anthony to come to the house to measure the area they didn’t insulate so we could arrive at a fair credit, he refused.
Furthermore, when I presented my Angies List coupon for 10% off, they complained that I should have presented it at the time of the estimate – though the coupon mentions no such stipulation. The only reason I can think of that someone would require such a coupon to be presented before an estimate is so that the merchant can fraudulently inflate the price to negate the value of the coupon.
Last, beware that Anthony apparently sends out a contract with his proposals that contains a binding arbitration clause. This is basically a way to sign away your legal rights to sue if there is a problem such as this. I didn’t sign it, and you shouldn’t either. The fact that he even tries to get people to sign this makes me think that he’s not willing to stand behind his work. I should have taken this red flag more seriously, and you should too.

My wife and I just moved to Naperville into an older home. We were coming from a new build so the first thought was if the home was wasting energy. They came out and did an energy assessment on our home and phone just a couple of issues, but these couple of issues have saved us over $ 75 per month. We looked at what our first few months were vs after they came out. Main issues were windows and attic insulation. Has saved us what we paid in only a few months. We highly recommend Building Energy Experts, especially if you are in an older home.