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Why Energy Fit Homes℠?

节能住宅专为现有住宅物业设计,以识别符合能效标准的住宅. In addition to everyday energy savings, 获得Energy Fit Homes认证可以让您放心,您正在为自己做正确的事情, your family, and your environment.

Energy Fit Homes也是市场上唯一针对现有老房子定制的认证, has a low administrative cost, 并专注于足球外围app哪个靠谱升级,这对房主来说是具有成本效益的.

 

Steps toward an Energy Fit Home

Schedule a home assessment

During your home assessment, an auditor will conduct an on-site inspection, 评估你家五个主要区域的性能和效率:

  • Heating system
  • Insulation and air sealing
  • Windows
  • Lighting
  • Ventilation and combustion safety

然后将这些信息输入我们的数据库以生成一个 ENERGY FITNESS SCORE™ from 0 to 100. The higher the score, the more energy efficient the home, 分数超过95分是您的家庭获得节能家庭认证(额外照明)的第一步, ventilation and combustion safety upgrades may be necessary; if required, they will be specified by the auditor).

Schedule a home assessment

Complete any necessary upgrades

If your home receives an ENERGY FITNESS SCORE™ of 95 or below, 审计员将为您提供一份报告,详细说明您家中符合能源性能标准的区域以及提高总分所需的升级. 升级按优先顺序列出,包括估计成本以及房主的任何合格回扣.
 

MORE DETAILS ON REQUIREMENTS

Prepare your application

Once you’ve completed the recommended upgrades, submit an application along with any required documentation. 经过验证后,我们将为您提供节能家庭证书.

APPLY FOR ENERGY FIT HOMES

使家庭更节能有一个明显的好处——节省成本. Your home simply uses less energy than before, 哪一种每年可以为你节省数百美元的能源账单. But energy efficiency is so much more than cost savings, 和拥有Energy Fit Homes℠认证的房主都知道这一点.

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COST-EFFECTIVE UPGRADES
对于明尼苏达州的房主来说,节能住宅认证的要求通常是具有成本效益和可实现的. Plus, 在家庭评估中提供的每个能源健身计划都是根据您家庭的年龄和建筑类型定制的, 因此,您可以确保获得认证所需的任何升级都是适当且有益的.

UTILITY-FUNDED REBATES
并非所有节能升级都需要完全自掏腰包. 大多数公用事业公司为房主提供回扣和奖励,以帮助他们减少能源使用. 能量健身计划会准确地告诉你可以获得哪些回扣和奖励, 进一步减少获得节能家庭认证所需的任何升级费用.

EXPERT EFFICIENCY VERIFICATION
查看你的能源账单可以让你对你的能源使用情况有所了解, 但只有在第三方家庭评估之后,你才能知道一个家庭的实际足球外围app哪个靠谱. 采用一套符合国家能源绩效标准的措施, 节能家庭认证证明了一个家庭是真正的节能家庭.

IMPROVED INDOOR COMFORT
Ever notice how 68 degrees doesn’t feel the same in every home? The culprit is often energy efficiency. In making the energy-saving upgrades to certify a home, you’re protecting it from the elements year-round. Even during the frigid winters of Minnesota, 足球外围app哪个靠谱可以提供更好的舒适,每个家庭成员都可以享受.

ADDED RESALE VALUE
随着人们继续“走向绿色”,足球外围app哪个靠谱使一个家更受欢迎. It could also increase the resale value of a home. With Energy Fit Homes certification, 购房者知道房子符合能源性能标准,可以在购买决定和价格上对你有利, helping you to recoup the cost of energy-saving upgrades.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Wasting energy does a lot more than waste your money. It has serious implications on the environment. By making energy-saving upgrades to your home, 你只是消耗更少的能源——燃烧化石燃料产生的能源. In turn, 你的家产生的空气污染和与环境变化相关的温室气体要少得多.

Energy Fit Homes认证说明了很多靠谱的外围竞猜app家庭的信息,并让您放心,您正在为自己做正确的事情, your family and your environment.

足球外围app哪个靠谱通常被认为是一种只对房主有利的功能. It reduces the energy consumption of a home, 从而降低水电费,帮助房主省钱. Yet this fact, in and of itself, 演示了Energy Fit Homes℠认证如何对房地产行业具有真正的价值.

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FACTOR INTO PURCHASE DECISION

全美房地产经纪人协会(National Association of Realtors) 2011年的一项调查发现,87%的购房者认为,在买房时,供暖和制冷的成本多少有些重要. If a homebuyer has narrowed down his or her choices, Energy Fit Homes认证可以很好地巩固对特定房屋提供报价的决定.


ADDED VALUE TO CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

许多购房者对房地产市场一无所知, and they must defer to you for guidance. 你掌握的信息越多,你为客户体验增加的价值就越大. With an Energy Fit Homes-certified property, 你可以准确地分享房子将如何为房主提供更大的舒适和更低的拥有成本.


GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN UPDATES

大多数购房者宁愿把钱花在装修上,也不愿花在节能上. Energy Fit Homes认证的要求证明了一个家庭已经达到了足球外围app哪个靠谱的标准, 所以购房者可以把钱存起来,做他们真正想做的事情,让房子成为他们自己的.


SUPPORT PROPERTY VALUE

早在2012年,《靠谱的外围竞猜app》(USA Today)就报道称,绿色认证房屋的售价为8800美元.5% more per square foot than their uncertified counterparts2. With Energy Fit Homes certification, 你又多了一个工具来解释为什么一个房子的价值在某个价格上, especially when the homebuyers can’t physically “see” the value.

Interested in finding out more or hosting a presentation?

了解更多靠谱的外围竞猜app节能住宅认证如何适用于购房过程的信息, give us a call at (612) 335-3483 or email ismith@thecurvelab.net. 我们也可以做小组演讲,进一步解释节能住宅.

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