His, HERS, who's? What is a HERS rating?
Posted Nov 12, 2009 @ 4:47 pm, Viewed by 85 Visitors, Read 85 Times.His, HERS, who's? What is a HERS rating?
What is a HERS rating? ((((According to my wife my "HERS" rating has been down lately))))
His... HERS... who cares? Well today’s buyer is beginning to care, since the quality of life and the amount of the energy a home uses can be directly related the HERS score. Didn’t the marriage councilor tell me not to keep score? Woops I digress. As any smart man knows, it is about her, or in this case HERS, which stands for Home Energy Rating System. So YES, keeping score matters.
The lower a home’s HERS Index number is, the more energy efficient the home is. A home built to standard code scores 100. A “NET ZERO” energy home scores a ZERO. I told my wife Cyndy that she should be happy she married a me, a big round ZERO. Each 1-point decrease in the Index means a 1% reduction in the energy consumed. A home with a rating of 60 is 40% more energy efficient than the stand home built to code scoring a ONE HUNDRED.
How do you score a high HERS Rating?
Home efficiency starts with the envelope of the home. Upgrades such as double or triple pane windows and high quality insulation greatly impact your HERS rating.
Next is heating system; Tank less water heaters, high efficiency heaters, geothermal underground water pipes.
Another leading factor are appliances. Energy star appliances are AN ABSOLUTE MUST! So are Low flow toilets and showers which limit the amount of water usage.
Below are just a few links to some of our Energy Efficient listings for sale:
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