Along with your Home Energy Score you also get a list of cost-effective energy upgrades for your home. Click here for a larger version of the image.
For most men of my generation a first car was like a right of passage. The car could be an old beater, or a muscle car; it didn’t matter so much as long as we felt unique driving it. And we all knew the basic nomenclature—horsepower and miles per gallon.
I have a dream that someday homeowners across the land will feel about their houses and apartments the same way people of my generation felt about their first car. They will all know the basic nomenclature—kilowatt-hours and/or Btu per square foot per year. Or something like that.
This Tuesday I found out my dream is becoming a reality. The Department of Energy announced a project, the Home Energy Score, to: