HERS ENERGY RATINGS
HERS Energy Ratings with Marrs HVACR Design
The Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index is the leading industry standard for rating energy efficiency in homes across the US. It is the most effective means of identifying an energy efficient home, making it a great tool when you’re buying or selling a home.
Developed in 2009 by RESNET (Residential Energy Services Network) and recently adopted by the US Department of Energy, a HERS Energy Rating gives a homeowner an indication of how energy efficient their home is in comparison to other similar homes.
Our certified, resident HERS Energy Raters will complete this rating for you, whether you are a homeowner, architect, engineer, general contractor, or HVAC company. We also offer valuable, accurate, and knowledge recommendations for improving the home’s overall energy efficiency.
How does the HERS Index work?
While HERS is a common household name in the US, many people are unfamiliar with how HERS Energy ratings work. Our team of highly experienced and skilled technicians and raters will complete a comprehensive analysis of your home’s energy efficiency compared to other similar homes. It is essentially an MPG for your home! We will utilize a variety of factors and techniques to determine your home’s HERS Energy Rating.
A HERS Energy Rating is on a scale from 0 to 150. A typical resale home has a rating of 130, which means it is 30% less energy efficient than the RESNET Standard Home. A home with a RESNET score of 70 will be more energy efficient than the RESNET Standard Home.
What does a great HERS Rating say about a home?
When you’re going to buy a new home or sell your home, having a great HERS Rating is a huge asset. When you’re buying a new car, you’re absolutely looking at the MPG, right? A HERS Rating is essentially the same thing; we’re looking at the amount of energy used in a given period of time, similar to a car using a certain amount of gas per gallon.
- Lower Energy Costs: Spending hundreds of dollars on your monthly HVAC operating costs is absolutely negotiable! With a lower HERS rating, you can expect to spend less on monthly energy expenses and HVAC maintenance and repair, in addition to increasing the longevity of the existing HVAC system.
- Environmental Sustainability: In today’s world, homeowners are constantly looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint and make a positive change in their environment. Using HERS Energy Rating allows homeowners to determine, using hard data, how much energy they are consuming, allowing them to make any necessary changes to reduce that.
- Better Quality of Life: Using Blower Door & Duct Blast tests to identify air infiltrations, where contaminants, like dust, pollen, and allergens enter the home. You can also use this rating to analyze HVAC performance, which can be improved to raise the comfort of the home.
- Higher Appraised Value: HERS Energy Ratings are incredibly useful to folks buying new homes; it allows them to estimate monthly operating costs and develop an expectation for any repairs they may need to perform on their HVAC systems. In identical homes with differing HERS Energy Ratings, the home with the lower HERS rating will have a higher appraised value.
- Lower Mortgage Default Risks: Owners of energy efficient homes are less likely to default on their mortgages, according to a report by the University of North Carolina’s Center for Community Capital and the Institute of Market Transformation. Click here to read more about mortgage default risks and HERS ratings.
Why Choose Marrs HVACR Design
As a general contractor, engineer, architect, or HVAC company, offering HERS Energy Ratings to your clients along with your services drastically improves your client’s overall experience. This is a way of showing your clients, using hard data, that the work you have performed for them actually works. It may also be required by certain municipalities.
Our resident HERS Energy Rater has years of experience rating resale and new homes on energy efficiency. In addition to calculating the home’s energy rating, we also work with contractors, architects, engineers, and HVAC companies to identify the energy efficiency improvements that need to be made to ensure the home meets ENERGY STAR performance guidelines.
Our goal as a leading international HVAC design company is to contribute as a valuable team member during the entire build process. We want to meet and exceed all of your expectations for HERS Energy Ratings and offer useful and accurate recommendations, whether you’re working on the construction of the home or you’re a homeowner.
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You can trust Marrs HVAC Design as a reliable and knowledgeable means of outsourcing HERS Energy Ratings and obtaining valuable recommendations for improving the home’s energy efficiency. Schedule an appointment online to get a personalized HERS Energy Rating!
