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The Home Energy Information Accelerator was a collaborative effort among national organizations, federal agencies, and regional, state, and local leaders in real estate and energy efficiency working to expand the availability and use of reliable home energy information at relevant points in residential real estate transactions. Accelerator partners developed and demonstrated replicable, sustainable approaches that make energy-related information – useful data that is often missing from the home buying process – easily available to home buyers and sellers through multiple listing services (MLS) and other reports.

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Making Home Energy Data Accessible in the Real Estate Market – Better Buildings & Better Plants Accelerator Presentation

The Home Energy Information Better Buildings & Better Plants Accelerator aims to make energy data more accessible to home buyers, realtors and others.

On the Horizon: Making Home Energy Data Meaningful Beyond the MLS Presentation

Energy efficiency data can inform real estate transactions – including underwriting and appraisal, but each sector relies on its own sets of tools, data and specifications.

Labels, Certifications, and Scores, Oh My! Following the Road to Green Real Estate Presentation

Learn about how the Better Buildings & Better Plants Home Energy Information Accelerator has expanded access to verified energy information through standardized data procedures and educational materials to help you pave your own path to green real estate.

Who's Keeping Score? Using Home Performance with ENERGY STAR and Home Energy Score Together Presentation

Learn how Home Performance with ENERGY STAR and Home Energy Score partners are communicating the value of their programs in the real estate market.

Tools

Home Performance Coalition HPXML Website Guidance

Data standards and IT solutions are crucial for fair and consistent valuation of high-performance homes. National data standards like HPXML should be used whenever possible, both to reduce the costs of developing data transfer systems and to facilitate collection and aggregation of comparable data from multiple sources. 

Energy Efficiency for Real Estate Professionals Guidance

A tool for energy efficiency programs to convey the value of energy information to real estate professionals, and information on resources real estate professionals can use for further learning. This presentation is meant to be customized for particular audiences. If you want to use this resource, please contact Madeline.Salzman@doe.gov.

Green Sheet on Automated Energy Models Guidance

The Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) published a resource to educate MLS organizations about the growing number of Automated Energy Models (AEMs). These models predict a home’s energy usage by using public data such as square footage, location, and heating and cooling systems. CMLS’ Green Sheet on AEMs answers questions that MLSs likely have about these tools.

Residential Green and Energy Efficient Addendum Guidance

Created by the Appraisal Institute, the Addendum allows appraisers to more consistently document and value home energy information. The document’s updated design responds to the evolving high performance housing market and provides new sections that correspond to the latest Real Estate Standards Organization’s fields for verified energy information.

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Real World Successes with RESO Standards Video

This webinar features the CEO of the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) discussing recent developments in the intersection of home energy data, standards, and MLSs. 

Partners

  • Alachua County Public Schools
    Appraisal Institute
    Build It Green
    California Regional MLS
    CoreLogic
    Council of Multiple Listing Services
    Earth Advantage
    Elevate (formerly Elevate Energy)
    Enhabit
    Green Button Alliance
    Home Innovation Research Labs
    Home Performance Coalition
    Homes.com
    Information and Real Estate Services, LLC
    Metropolitan Regional Information Systems
    Midwest Real Estate Data
    National Association of Realtors ® CRTLabs
    National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)
    Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP)
    Oregon Department of Energy
    Picketfence.com
    Real Estate Standards Organization
    Realtors Property Resource, LLC
    Regional Multiple Listing Service
    Rocky Mountain Institute
    State of Colorado
    U.S. Green Building Council
    Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC)
Home Energy Information Accelerator   
Published on: 02/19/2016