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Energy Rating Systems for New Homes

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Resource Private Entities

HERS Index

RESNET’s Home Energy Rating System index is an industry standard by which a home’s energy efficiency is measured. It is nationally recognized for inspecting and calculating a home’s energy performance...
Resource Private Entities

Green Building Alliance

The Green Building Alliance catalogs a variety of Green Building Certifications, Rating Systems, and Labels, including Energy STAR, LEED, Living Building, WELL Building, Passive House, Net Zero Energy...
Example Private Entities

LEED for Homes

The LEED for Homes program is a private standard and certification system that verifies the energy efficiency of a property and estimates cost savings for potential homebuyers.
Resource Private Entities

Green MLS

The Green MLS Tool Kit is an effort to define fields that help home buyers using the Multiple Listings Service quickly find green homes, make it easy to fully promote the special features of a green h...
Example Local Governments

Seattle’s Priority Green Expedited Program

Seattle provides customized green building education, early design guidance, technical assistance, incentives, and recognition of sustainable building. They also provide expedited construction permitt...
Resource States and State Governments

ACEEE Report, Energy Efficiency in Real Estate Listings: A Controlled Experiment

ACEEE’s August 2020 report shows that including home energy efficiency scores in online real estate listings would lead buyers to choose more-efficient homes with lower energy costs. The study provide...