Home Energy Rating
October 6, 2010
A Home Energy Rating System (HERS) booklet has just been released. The HERS establishes standards for rating a home's energy systems such as furnaces, ducting, hot water heaters, etc.
A HERS rating will provide a standard for assessing the energy efficiency of a home. The booklet offers advice on improving your energy efficiency, a rating that may have a future impact on the sale of your home.
Beginning January 1, 2011, a home inspection and the resulting inspection report may include an audit of the energy efficiency of a home if the client makes a request for this audit to be included in the inspection report.
Homeowners may download a copy of this newly released booklet from http://www.energy.ca.gov/
It does seem that a push is on for homeowners and even for renters to make an audit of the energy efficiency of your dwelling. Southern California Edison customers are receiving an audit booklet with there current statements. There survey booklet is entitled "Home Energy and Water Efficiency Survey". Completing the survey and returning it to the Edison company makes you eligible to receive a free Energy Efficiency Kit. This survey seems to be fairly comprehensive. The homeowner uses a pencil to fill in the bubbles completely, returns the survey, Edison then can electronically calculate the energy and water efficiency of the homes in their service territory. Hopefully they will publish the data when the survey has been completed.
A Home Energy Rating System (HERS) booklet has just been released. The HERS establishes standards for rating a home's energy systems such as furnaces, ducting, hot water heaters, etc.
A HERS rating will provide a standard for assessing the energy efficiency of a home. The booklet offers advice on improving your energy efficiency, a rating that may have a future impact on the sale of your home.
Beginning January 1, 2011, a home inspection and the resulting inspection report may include an audit of the energy efficiency of a home if the client makes a request for this audit to be included in the inspection report.
Homeowners may download a copy of this newly released booklet from http://www.energy.ca.gov/
It does seem that a push is on for homeowners and even for renters to make an audit of the energy efficiency of your dwelling. Southern California Edison customers are receiving an audit booklet with there current statements. There survey booklet is entitled "Home Energy and Water Efficiency Survey". Completing the survey and returning it to the Edison company makes you eligible to receive a free Energy Efficiency Kit. This survey seems to be fairly comprehensive. The homeowner uses a pencil to fill in the bubbles completely, returns the survey, Edison then can electronically calculate the energy and water efficiency of the homes in their service territory. Hopefully they will publish the data when the survey has been completed.
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