2. Organization Local Whole House Diagnostic and Home Energy Auditing company that specializes in energy efficiency analysis. Dedicated to helping home owners achieve a healthy, safe, clean, affordable, and comfortable indoor living environment. Newly established in February of 2009. Self owned and run by a 23 year old college grad. 2009 Fiscal Review Net Revenue $300,000 Retail Revenue $210,000 Service Revenue $185,000
3. Organization Mission Statement – “To help the world use less energy, preserve life and most importantly assure the performance of a homeowner’s house and HVAC equipment.” Our Goal Our goal is to optimize your home or office for peak energy efficiency and as a result save natural resources and reduce customer energy costs. Our Customers Existing and future homeowners welcome us with open arms knowing that we are here to help them save money and make the world a better place
4. Opportunity In December of 2009 Cool Testing Incorporated was selected to be a sub contractor in the “Extreme Home Makeover – Kemah Edition” performing both infiltration and duct leakage testing as well as a whole house energy audit on the structure.
5. Time Line February 2009 Cool Testing was established and set up to be a for profit company geared around energy savings April 2009 Performed their first whole house diagnostic and saved a homeowner $150 on their first utility bill July 2009 Became Certified through the comfort institute as a certified infiltration and duct leakage tester
6. Time Line October 2009 Became “Building and Performance Institutes” top certified tester and climbed their way to the top of Houston’s Certified Testers List December 2009 Elected to be apart of “Extreme Home Makeover – Kemah Edition” project as a blower door and duct blaster tester January 2009 Became a member of the Galveston Area Remodelers and Builders Association
7. Key Publics Characters Involved The Chosen Family (Beach Family), ABC Extreme Home Makeover Production Staff, General and Sub-Contractor Teams, CEO and President of Cool Testing Incorporated
8. Key Publics Directly Affected Characters The Beach Family Employees Contracting Teams Indirectly Affected Characters Community Audience Volunteers
9. Human Factors Extreme Home Makeover Project The Beach family would not be able to afford a new home for their family of 15 without all work and materials being donated by all companies and trades involved Each company had the choice of donating all, little, or none towards the project
10. Practitioners Extreme Home Makeover Project Cool Testing Incorporated accepted the opportunity to be apart of such an amazing project and donated all supplies, labor, and materials involved in their work
11. Ethical and Legal Considerations The company conducted the right practices by donating all supplies, labor and material for no compensation. Cool Testing not only helped out the Beach family but also the neighborhood and community thus giving them good positioning for IMC