Independent Inspection and Testing Helps Make Sure a Home is Energy-Efficient

Even with aggressive energy codes and inspections, many aspects that directly affect your comfort and the overall energy use in your new home can not be easily verified through simple visual observations. At the least, special training and experience are needed to effectively evaluate and then verify the performance of the systems in your home. Detailed diagnostic testing by a qualified Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Rater using advanced equipment and nationally approved protocols is needed to accurately measure and verify that performance standards have been met.

 

 

 

 

 

Benefits of Independent, Third-Party Inspections and Testing: HERS Raters and inspectors must master advanced concepts in building science, pass a national exam, maintain their knowledge through continuing education, and demonstrate proficiency in their skills to the satisfaction of accredited oversight Providers. All this means that you can be confident the features used are designed and installed properly, according to manufacturer’s guidelines, and that the performance of the home is well verified through rigorous nationally approved testing methodologies.