PostNet AZ109
9 years ago
The services offered by Sky Renewable Energy can definitely lower your cost of energy by making your home or business more energy efficient.
Having said that, Sky has experienced high personnel turnover and employ some contractors that are not hard wired into their program and leave a great deal to be desired. Keeping up with their administration seems to be a major challenge for Sky as well..
We purchased an energy audit that costs about $100 and is deducted from any energy conservation work that you have done to your property. The audit tells you what they recommend to lower your energy consumption. In our case, installation of a radiant barrier, general air sealing of the structure and additional attic insulation to increase R-Value were recommended. There were several other smaller jobs recommended but we only chose to have the three entry doors re-sealed/insulated. The whole job ran about $2200 on our 2800 sf two-story home.
Phase one was the attic sealing, radiant barrier installation and adding insulation. With that they require payment of at least half the total. This part went like clockwork; however, we expected the three entry door sealing / insulation to be done at the same time.
It was weeks later that a sub-contractor finally showed up to do the door work. Unfortunately, this individual did not speak English, came completely uninformed as to what needed to be done and unprepared with no materials to do the job required.
He had to take time out to go to a home building supply store to obtain the materials needed to do his work. He had to be closely supervised by my wife who actually had to argue with him about the quality of his work and what actually needed to be done. We would have fired this contractor on the spot. It was a way less than professional experience that we would recommend Sky Renewable Energy review and correct immediately.
Sky requires that 90% of the total be paid upon completion of the work with 10% held until a final inspection is completed.
We are now waiting for the final inspection. There have been paperwork issues and foibles demonstrating that administratively, the right hand does not know what the left is doing at Sky. Follow up requires heavy customer input.
Nevertheless, it is unfortunate that we cannot give Sky a rating of Very Good or Excellent because were it not for the poor administration and the unbelievably horrible sub-contractor, they would earn much higher marks based on the results of their work.
Bottom line is, Sky claims that having this work done will save an average of 25% to 40% on household energy consumption. Our first electric bill in the month following the work by Sky was 38% lower than the previous year and the doors had not been done yet. We are believers!
