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RESNET's standards are officially recognized by the
U.S. mortgage industry for capitalizing a building's
energy performance in the mortgage loan, certification of
"White Tags" for private financial investors,
and by the federal government for verification of building
energy performance for such programs as federal tax
incentives, the Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY
STAR program and the U.S. Department of Energy's Building
America Program.
RESNET Ratings
provides a relative energy use index called the HERS Index
– a HERS Index of 100 represents the energy use of the “American
Standard Building” and an Index of 0 (zero) indicates that
the Proposed Building uses no net purchased energy (a Zero
Energy Building). A set of rater recommendations for
cost-effective improvements that can be achieved by the
Rated Building is also produced.
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