Yesterday was all about Energy at 35 Cherry Street, Plymouth. The engineers from GDS Associates were on hand to perform their Energy Tests including a "Blower Door Test". The results: a 66HERS RATING!!! We were excited!
35 Cherry Street, Plymouth is officially an ENERGY STAR Level I home!
What does that mean for a new home owner? Well, it means that this home is 34% more energy efficient than a new home built to todays code and significantly more efficient than any home built 10, 20, 30 (or more) years ago.
The bigger bonus to purchasing an ENERGY STAR home is that you can get an EEM (Energy Efficient Mortgage) http://www.resnet.us/mortgages: Uses the energy savings from a new energy efficient home to increase the home buying power of consumers and capitalizes the energy savings in the appraisal.
What is a HERS RATING?
Most existing homes use alot of energy and are rated at 150 and above on the HERS INDEX.
New homes built to standard code meet the 100 HERS INDEX.
ENERGY EFFICIENT homes will fall between 0 (for using 0 energy) up to 100.
The best ratings are between 0 and 70 (which is a 5* home). (see index below).
The HERS Index is a scoring system established by the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) in which a home built to the specifications of the HERS Reference Home (based on the 2006 International Energy Conservation Code) scores a HERS Index of 100, while a net zero energy home scores a HERS Index of 0. The lower a home’s HERS Index, the more energy efficient it is in comparison to the HERS Reference Home.
MKE Development Corporation is proud to say that we have another Energy Star Home completed! 35 Cherry Street, Plymouth, MA is now on MLS listed at $299,900.00
Come by and see us at the Open house: Scheduled for Saturday & Sunday.
or call us for more information: 508-212-7993
