Adopted 2011 Enhancements to National Home Energy Ratings Standards

The following are the amendments of the National Home Energy Rating Standards adopted by RESNET in 2011. The key to the success of the rating industry is to setting and implementing the standards for quality of rating services. Having technically sound and up-to-date standards enhances the credibility of the entire rating industry.

The amendments adopted are:

• Revising RESNET's Economic Cost Effectiveness Calculations for Fannie Mae Energy Efficient Mortgages
• Lighting, Appliance and Miscellaneous Energy Usage Profile Amendment
• Chapter Eight "RESNET Standard for Performance Testing and Work Scope Enclosure and Air Distribution Leakage Testing"
• Auxiliary Electric Energy of Ground Source Heat Pumps