Home Energy Rating
United States measurement of a home's energy efficiency
Summary
The Home Energy Rating is an American estimated measurement of a home's energy efficiency based on normalized modified end-use loads (nMEULs). In the United States, the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) is responsible for creation and maintenance of the RESNET Mortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating Standards (MINHERS), a proprietary system of standards, which includes standards language for the certification and quality assurance for RESNET Provider organizations. RESNET is an EPA recognized Home Certification Organization (HCO) that also help's create standards in compliance with the American National Standards Institute, namely ANSI 301, ANSI 310, ANSI 380, and ANSI 850. The Building Science Institute, Ltd. Co. (BSI) is another EPA recognized HCO that maintains the ANSI Standards to produce Energy Ratings and compliance with above-code programs such as the ENERGY STAR New Homes Program.
Originally created by Efficiency84
7/20/2007, 10:15:08 PM
Modified
3/9/2026, 6:00:08 AM
Recent revisions
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Finished my previous edit.
Fixed references. Please see [[Category:CS1 errors: dates]] and [[MOS:ALLCAPS]].
Removed an excessive link that was used to subtextually market a company called Eco-Achievers, and added a short sentence to describe the current US Department of Energy's home energy rating program, called Home Energy Score.
Removed an addition that duplicated the first paragraph but referred to a proprietary variant under the ERI section, cleaned up the first paragraph to make it slightly more clear.
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/* Energy Rating Index (ERI) and related scales */ Added clarification, with reference link for anyone to confirm from the official website;
Added a new section about the history of home energy ratings.
Replaced the proprietary HERS Index scale image with a generic ANSI 301 compliant Energy Rating Index scale.
Removed a sentence regarding proprietary indices being used for compliance; no citation and it is factually incorrect as multiple states have adopted one of the IECC variants of the ERI.
A9 Green is not well-known on a national level, and it appears this was included to drive traffic to a rating company as a way for marketing.
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Added an example of a certified HERS Rater verifier under Types of Verifiers
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[[WP:AWB/T|typo(s) fixed]]: 3 year → 3-year
Fixed references. Please see [[Category:CS1 errors: dates]] and [[Category:CS1 maint: url-status]].
Added a "Criticisms" section, linking to multiple sources of variability in the outputs as well as a federal settlement agreement with a RESNET-accredited company.
