HERS index – LEED Points

A Home Energy Rating Is an Asset Label

Prime: prime Subtitle: It isn’t meant to be an accurate predictor of energy bills Images: When I’m explaining home energy ratings and the HERS Index to people, I often get asked, “How accurate is a HERS rating? Will my energy bills really be close to what it says?” In the mind of the questioner, that’s…

March 25, 2015

Why Is the HERS Reference Home Based on an Outdated Energy Code?

Prime: prime Subtitle: Should the HERS Index calculation be updated? Images: …

February 18, 2015

Study Finds Huge Variation in California HERS Rating Results

Subtitle: Six HERS raters came up with as much as 48% variation in the HERS Index and >100% in heating and cooling consumption Images: …

September 17, 2014

The 2015 IECC Recognizes Home Energy Ratings

Subtitle: With a specific HERS Index for each climate zone, the new energy code provides home builders with an alternate compliance path Images: …

November 20, 2013

Is NIST Serious About Net-Zero-Energy Homes?

Subtitle: Their report cites the need for a scoring system, but inexplicably fails to mention the HERS Index Images: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) still handles a lot of our basic numbers work, keeping lasers, hunks of metal, and atomic clocks that determine our standards of length, mass, and time. But it…

June 19, 2013

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A Home Energy Rating Is an Asset Label

Why Is the HERS Reference Home Based on an Outdated Energy Code?

Study Finds Huge Variation in California HERS Rating Results

The 2015 IECC Recognizes Home Energy Ratings

Is NIST Serious About Net-Zero-Energy Homes?