The Energy Monster, Inc.

The Energy Monster, Inc., trading as Wattson Home Solutions, is an Auburn-based home-performance contractor that runs no-cost Mass Save energy assessments and installs insulation, spray foam, air sealing and ductless mini-split heat pumps across Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The company says it's been doing this work since 2008 and is now under new owners Heather Cassani and Patrick Burke. The written record is real but dated — all six on-file reviews run from 2012 to 2017. In a 2016 review, a homeowner describes the crew evaluating a crawlspace insulation job, steering them toward a better Mass Save-eligible product than originally requested, then sealing the edges and cleaning up. A 2013 review walks through a full home-energy-audit-to-completion process, with rebates filed and a Mass Save inspector who checked the finished work and called them one of the best around. More recently, a 2023 Reddit thread describes the crew fixing a bathroom vent that had been venting into a soffit instead of straight through the roof, and a separate 2023 Reddit comment names "Watson Home Solutions in Worc[ester]" in answer to someone asking about minisplit installers. A few things worth checking before booking: both Angi and HomeAdvisor currently show the company's profile flagged "This pro is under review," and BuildZoom's permit tracking shows project volume falling off sharply — 28 permitted projects in 2023 down to 6 in 2024 and just 3 in 2025. BuildZoom also lists the company's Massachusetts general contractor licence as expired and its Home Improvement Contractor and Electrical Business licences as inactive, with a status that was at one point cancelled — those are the directory's own listings, not a state verification we ran, but worth confirming directly given the pattern. A reasonable call for a Mass Save-affiliated insulation or mini-split job, but given the aging review base, the platform review flags, and the falling permit volume, it's worth confirming current licensing and that recent projects are still being completed before signing anything.