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Independent Third Party Inspections

Third-Party Inspections are the wave of the future

Government and utility programs are based on trusted third-party inspections and standardized protocols for testing. Conflict resolution by expert consultants as a disinterested third-party stops potential litigation dead in its tracks. Homeowners, builders, contractors and architects gain confidence in completed installations by receiving measured results in professional, bound reports.

Tradewinds Appropriate Technologies is a trusted, independent, Third-Party inspection company. We are available for inspections, consulting and onsite verifications for:

• HVAC code compliance for municipalities
• HERS ENERGY STAR® ratings for New and Existing Homes
• ONCOR Electric Delivery Installers Program
• ONCOR Residential Standard Offer Program
• Custom Building Load calculations for HVAC
• House Performance, energy audits and building science analysis
• Combustion and Carbon Monoxide analysis
• Air Balancing
• Indoor Air Quality
• Home Comfort Analysis
• Conflict resolution and arbitration to avoid litigation

Tradewinds has been instrumental in developing several third-party validation programs for HVAC installations and serves as the designer, maintenance and webmaster for some large dynamic databases for these programs. Contact us if you would like to hear how we can build a web-based interactive system for your data.

We have several years experience in building and maintaining utility incentive programs based on HVAC energy efficiency testing.

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