Improve your energy efficiency and save

An RACV Home Energy Efficiency Assessor will visit your home, discuss your energy usage and conduct an on-site assessment. The energy efficiency assessment will take up to 30 minutes for the assessor to complete.

What your assessor will evaluate:

• Heating, cooling and cooking appliances
• Insulation
• Opportunity for solar panels / home batteries
• Window frames and glass (double or single glazed, low emissivity)
• Type of hot water system / heat pump
• Lighting
• Water usage (dual / single flush toilets, low-flow shower heads, rainwater tanks)
• Pool or spa

Following the assessment, you are then able to review the personalised Home Energy Efficiency report and ask questions directly with the assessor.

An Energy Efficiency Assessment is an in-home evaluation of how efficiently you use energy in your home. It will cover how you heat and cool your home, the building materials used in your home, types of insulation, appliance mix and more. The assessment is conducted by a qualified RACV Home Energy Efficiency Assessor who will provide you with a personalised report within one business day of your assessment. This report can help you identify where you can reduce your energy use and costs.

Assessment completed by RACV Trades. RACV Trades is a trading name of RACV’s trade partner, Club Home Response Pty Ltd (Victorian registered domestic building practitioner number CDB-U 100178). All works are performed or arranged by Club Home Response Pty Ltd. trading as RACV Trades.

Energy efficiency refers to using less energy to do the same amount of work. An energy efficient home uses less energy to heat, cool and run appliances and electronics, and in the process can help reduce the cost of energy bills.

We're currently trialling this new service in these select postcodes in Melbourne. If you can't see your area in the list, stay tuned. We'll be expanding the program soon.

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If you want to know more or get a quote for any items featured in your report, you can email us at energyefficiency@racvtrades.racv.com.au or call 1300 340 000.

Customers may be eligible for a discount from RACV Trades or RACV Solar products and services if they carry out identified home efficiency improvements from the report through RACV, however there is no obligation to do so.

The cost of the in-person, expert assessment, and personalised report is $99 for RACV Members and $149 for non-RACV members. This cost includes the time taken to complete the assessment and for you to ask questions you may have about your report.

Assessments are available Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm.

The Home Energy Efficiency Assessment is designed to provide tailored advice around improving the energy efficiency of your home.

Improving your home’s energy efficiency is a great way to reduce your energy bills. If you go on to make any energy efficiency upgrades after completing your home assessment, you’re likely to see savings on your bill as a result. The Victorian Government estimates average household can save between $120 and $1100 a year on energy costs depending on the upgrade.

Please note: The Home Energy Efficiency Assessment itself will not result in any bill savings. It is up to the customer to implement recommendations from their assessment that may help reduce their energy bills.

Arcline by RACV is an RACV brand, established to explore, incubate and create new ways to help Victorians in and around the home. Our Home Energy Efficiency Assessment is the next step in helping Victorians find new, more efficient ways to use their energy.

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Employees of RACV, subsidiaries (RACV Trades and RACV Solar) and partners may have access to your report – we do not sell or give the information in it to any other person or company. The information collected in your home is private.

If you would like to know more, please read our Privacy Policy.

RACV Trades can help with a wide range of qualified trades for home repairs and improvements as well as rapid response plumbers, electricians and locksmiths 24/7 in an emergency. Both Arcline by RACV and RACV Trades are part of the RACV family, so we all work together.

RACV Trades is a trading name of RACV’s trade partner, Club Home Response Pty Ltd (Victorian registered domestic building practitioner number CDB-U 100178). All works are performed or arranged by Club Home Response Pty Ltd. trading as RACV Trades.

Your home assessment report will refer to Home Efficiency Australia. Home Efficiency Australia is the technology platform that RACV are using to deliver the Home Energy Efficiency Assessment. This platform is powered by Val.Ai and helps identify recommendations and practical tools to reduce energy costs in your home.

You can book your assessment online here. If you are having difficulty making the booking, you can email us at energyefficiency@racvtrades.racv.com.au.

Once you submit your booking request, a member of our RACV Trades team will call you to collect payment and make your booking. Payment will need to be made using your credit card through our secure process over the phone.

The Home Energy Efficiency Assessment is a new service we’re continuing to build out. It is currently designed for single dwelling homes and includes evaluation of insulation and thermal efficiency, the opportunity for solar panels and window glazing. As such, many of the Assessor’s recommendations would unlikely be applicable for apartments.

We’re currently working on expanding it to more customers, including those in apartments.