{"id":260,"date":"2015-12-07T15:31:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T23:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/?p=260"},"modified":"2015-12-21T11:16:29","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T19:16:29","slug":"lower-score-its-a-smarter-home-understanding-this-hers-index-score-stuff-that-homeowners-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/lower-score-its-a-smarter-home-understanding-this-hers-index-score-stuff-that-homeowners-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower Score? It\u2019s a Smarter Home: Understanding this \u201cHERS Index Score\u201d Stuff that Homeowners Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To be honest, nothing explains it better than the pleasant-sounding woman in this (short and simple) video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=klGa1rUdydo&amp;feature=player_embedded\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=klGa1rUdydo&amp;feature=player_embedded<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But basically: before buying anything, it&#8217;s essential to observe the ratings. The latest and greatest added into the housing market? THE HERS INDEX SXCORE.<\/p>\n<p>To create a demand for smarter, more sustainable homes, RESNET created HERS scores so that the energy-efficiency aspects of your home <em>lower your score. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/HERS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-261 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/HERS.png\" alt=\"HERS\" width=\"454\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/HERS.png 454w, https:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/HERS-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What happens with a score closer to 0?<\/p>\n<p>Your energy bills ARE REALLY LOW.<\/p>\n<p>This makes your home MORE VALUABLE.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>\u201cAcross the nation the RESNET HERS Index Score is fast becoming a mainstream in the housing market. Homebuilders are having their homes energy rated and are marketing the HERS Index Score of their homes. Multiple Listing Services (MLS) are incorporating the HERS Index Scores in their listings and code jurisdictions are recognizing a HERS Index Score as a building energy code compliance option.\u201d\u00a0 -http:\/\/www.resnet.us\/<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Moral of the story, homeowners? When home searching, <strong><em>ASK FOR THE HERS SCORE.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0f591c;\">(OI, and fun fact? An ACT D&#8217;MAND System <strong>lowers your homes score 3-6\u00a0points.<\/strong>\u00a0Though we&#8217;re not surprised about it, we sure are\u00a0excited that professionals confirm it&#8217;s significant contribution.) <\/span><\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re\u00a0 STILL interested (Perhaps you&#8217;re taking home buying\/selling very seriously? Props to you!) here&#8217;s another (barely longer) video featuring a familiar HG TV face. Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YjX8RKuKy3s\">John Bell with How to Get Everything You&#8217;ve Ever Wanted For Your Home <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/YOUTUBE.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-273 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/YOUTUBE-300x168.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/YOUTUBE-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/YOUTUBE-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/YOUTUBE.png 1282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be honest, nothing explains it better than the pleasant-sounding woman in this (short and simple) video: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=klGa1rUdydo&amp;feature=player_embedded But basically: before buying anything, it&#8217;s essential to observe the ratings. The latest and greatest added into the housing market? THE HERS INDEX SXCORE. To create a demand for smarter, more sustainable homes, RESNET created HERS scores [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gothotwater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}