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WHY YOU NEED TO BE ENERGYSMART
RESNET EnergySmart Contractors (Builders please scroll down)
With your EnergySmart designation you can build new revenue streams into your business with energy efficiency. By partnering with certified energy auditors and raters, you can provide homeowners with energy-saving solutions which lower their energy bills and reduce their environmental footprint.
Becoming a RESNET Qualified EnergySmart Contractor is not like joining any trade association or lead service.
- EnergySmart training and qualification gives you a competitive edge over ordinary contactors.
- Your listing in the RESNET Promotional Directory gives you 3rd party credibility from a trusted non-profit organization.
- We provide you with logos and materials to promote your EnergySmart status to homeowners.
As a contractor who has earned RESNET's EnergySmart qualification, you will have the knowledge and training to install energy saving retrofits and building projects in a safe and efficient manner. You will:
- Understand the house as a system, and how changes to one area can affect another.
- Know the order that work must be completed to achieve optimal results.
- Be familiar with national home performance work scope standards and recommendations.
- Help your clients save energy, bringing added value to the relationship.
- Be able to work with certified home energy auditors and raters to fulfill homeowners' needs.
- Stand apart from your competition.
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RESNET Energy Smart Builders
RESNET Energy Smart Builders are leading the transformation of the housing towards high energy performance homes. These leading builders are committed to having all of their homes energy rated following RESNET's stringent standards and marketing their homes' HERS Index.
The RESNET HERS Index is the industry standard by which a home's energy efficiency is measured. The home energy rating system was designed by RESNET and is the nationally recognized system for the inspection and calculating a home's energy performance. Certified RESNET HERS raters have rated over 1 million homes since 1995.
For more information on the RESNET HERS Index click on HERS Index
Today's new homes are much more efficient in comparison to homes built just a decade ago. These homes are more affordable to maintain, comfortable and have a higher value. RESNET Energy Smart Builders are increasing the energy performance of the homes they build. This is good for consumers, the environment, the local economy and our national security. The use of the HERS Index will differentiate homes built by RESNET Home Energy Raters from other homes for sale in the market. Homebuilders from across the nation have already been designated as RESNET Energy Smart Builders. For a listing of RESNET Energy Smart Builders click on RESNET Energy Smart Builders
How to Become a RESNET Energy Smart Builder?
All a builder needs to do to be designated by RESNET as an Energy Smart Builder is to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding of RESNET to have all of their homes energy rated and market the homes' HERS Index. There is no cost to the builder to enter into the agreement.
