Comments on: Home Energy Report on a Pasadena Home, A Great Place to Start

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Pasadena up2date in the News » Pasadena California Real Estate Blog — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:46:14 +0000

[...] article were also experienced first hand and were specifically detailed in a post which explained energy audits and the inspection performed by an energy [...]

By: Deena

Deena — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:18:43 +0000

California certified energy raters basically use the same tests to determine home efficiency to form an HERS report. There are two standard tests used such as a blower door test and a duct test. These are used in conjuction with a visual inspection. A rater may also use a thermal test or smoke test but these are not required to develop an HERS report.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:48:04 +0000

I have recently been thinking about the efficiency, or inefficiency of my homes energy usage. Your article has me thinking about this even more. Is a HERS report created by a series of standard tests that all energy raters use? Or do the various companies perform different tests?