Home Energy Score: An Affordable, Reliable, Easy Way to Understand Homes’ Energy Performance

The Home Energy Score is similar to a vehicle’s miles-per-gallon rating and you can use it now to help your next renovation or new construction project.

The Home Energy Score is similar to a vehicle’s miles-per-gallon rating. It helps homeowners and homebuyers understand how much energy a home is expected to use and provides suggestions for improving its energy efficiency. The Score helps translate investment in energy efficiency into a tangible value. The Score is currently adopted by states, utilities, implementation contractor, and nonprofits across the country. More than 35,000 homes have been scored to date. Join us to learn about the Home Energy Score and how you can get involved!

Bonus! – Learn how the Home Energy Score can get you points in the GreenStar Homes Certification Program.

Lessons Learned

Learn about the U.S. Department of Energy Home Energy Score and how attendees could get involve
Get a tour of the modeling behind the Home Energy Scoring tool
Gain insights into the new 3-D Simulation training and testing required to become a Home Energy Score assessor
Learn about how the Home Energy Score is getting integrated with FHA programst.

Continuing Education Units (CEUS)

1 Hour in

State Architect / Builder License.
GBCI
Certified Green Professional (NARI & NAHB)
AIA(HSW)
AIBD

This course is mandatory for the GreenHome Associates Program.

Instructor:

Glenn Dickey is Residential Buildings Technical Director at CSRA and has 25+ years experience diagnosing and solving residential energy efficiency, comfort and IAQ problems. He is the technical lead for the DOE Home Energy Score program.

Gannate Khowailed is a senior analyst with CSRA International. In her current role, she supports the implementation and the outreach efforts of the Home Energy Score program. Her career has been focused on supporting market transformation efforts of various energy efficient technologies
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