HOME ENERGY RATING SYSTEM (HERS) RATING SCORE ON FEW ARIZONA HOME RESELLS

HOME ENERGY RATING SYSTEM (HERS) RATING SCORE ON FEW ARIZONA HOME RESELLS

Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rating score on few Arizona home resells.  Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service list less than 1% of all the resell homes with an energy  efficiency rating or a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rating score.  

When considering whether a home is truly GREEN and energy efficient, look at the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rating score which tells how efficiently the home uses energy.    A Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rating score gives an unbiased measurement of how a home uses energy, based on a set standard and enables the buyer to easily compare one home with another based on a single score.

Someone who determines what Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rating score uses a specific computer software program to perform an energy analysis of the home’s design. The rater must complete the Residential Energy Services Network training (RESNET) in order to certify an energy efficient rating for any home and is independent to any builder or any energy certification program.

A home with a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rating score of 100 is built to the current code (but not exceeding the code) a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rating score of 300 would use 3 times as much energy as one with a 100 score.  If a home had a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rating score of 50 that home would use only 50% of the energy compared to a home with a 100 Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rating score.

Powerwise house is the energy efficient rating for Salt River Project (SRP) Utility Company.  APS has several Energy Certification programs such as ENERGY STAR and 

APS ENERGY STAR.  These homes generally have a rating of 70.  When solar energy is combined meeting the APS ENERGY STAR + Solar criteria, the home may have Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rating score closer to Zero because it produces as much energy as it uses.  Copper Sun Real Estate provides a way for the home buyer to search for homes with a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rating score and over 60% of the 3,400 new homes in the Arizona market will show up in the Ultimate NEW Homes Searches with Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rating scores.

How can buyers buy green houses unless they are educated where these homes are and easily identified in Arizona Home searches?  Copper Sun Real Estate provides the link to buying Green homes for the environmentally conscious home buyer. Click on the link to locate your next green home.

The Link will provide you with the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rating score for each subdivision community as well as the layout and features of each home along with the floor plans and elevations of the homes. Look for Green homes with a low Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rating score.