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EnergySmart Home Scale
Why is the DOE doing this?
- Promote a national metric equivalent to a MPG rating to reduce consumer confusion about energy efficiency
- Allow differntiation and increased recognition for increased energy efficiency, quality, health and comfort
- Improve the quality of homes, and the health and comfort of occupants
- Help to transform the market and give all Americans the opportunity to purchase the best home that technology allows
- Significantly reduce U.S. residential energy consumption, saving consumers $1.7 billion dollars (cumulative) on energy bills
- Deliver over a decade of market tested Building America research to the market
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ZERO to 57 on the EnergySmart Home Scale
Artistic Homes is the only NM builder offering a true Net-Zero Energy Home in the state. Building energy-smart homes with HERS index ratings of ZERO to 57, Artistic Homes has set the standard for high performance homes in North America.
Based on the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index, developed by RESNET, the EnergySmart Home Scale helps home sellers, buyers & renters make smart energy decisions. The easy-to-use tool helps people determine how energy efficient their home is by answering common questions about how a home comapres to a typical new home (most have a HERS rating of 100) and how close the home is to a Net-Zero Energy Home (HERS rating of zero).
The goal is to have a home that is a zero on this scale: a Net-Zero Energy Home. Artistic Homes did it 12 years ahead of the department of energy's goal!
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