Homeowner Education

LEED for Homes is a voluntary rating system that promotes the design and construction of high-performance green homes.

Buildings Performance Institute BPI- 2101 Standard Requirements for a Certificate of Completion for Whole-House Energy Efficiency Upgrades specifies a standard way of describing the improvements

Installed designs to improve the energy efficiency of the home, whether as an HEU or as single measures.

The Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index is the industry standard by which a home’s energy efficiency is measured. It’s also the nationally recognized system

is the standard issued by the Passivhaus Institute that focuses on retrofit projects. Significant Energy and CO2 savings of between 75 and 90% can be

Energy Star (trademarked ENERGY STAR) is a program run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that promotes energy

The heating system installation was done by an ENERGY STAR or ACCA RSI qualified contractor.

Passive house is a voluntary standard for energy efficiency in a building, which reduces the building’s ecological footprint.

Active solar systems are those which collect solar radiation and convert it in the form of heat to water, air, or some other fluid. The