This designation is something every builder should strive for as it tells all potential new home buyers that your company is one of the best when it comes to energy efficiency.
Finish Werks Custom Builders Designated as a RESNET
Energy Smart Homes Builder for Committing to Build Energy Efficient Homes and
Marketing Their Homes HERS Index Score
Savage, Maryland based home builder Finish
Werks Custom Builders has entered into an agreement with the Residential Energy
Services Network (RESNET) to provide new home buyers an important measurement
of long-term energy performance of each new home the company builds. The intent of the agreement is to raise
consumers’ knowledge of new home energy performance by using RESNET’s HERS
Index. Use of the HERS Index will
differentiate homes built by Finish Werks Custom Builders from other homes for
sale in the
Finish Werks Custom Builders is a custom
green builder. The builder offers a unique service to families who purchase
their homes, an exclusive energy guarantee.
For more information on the company visit their web site at http://www.finishwerks.com/
The RESNET HERS Index
is the industry standard by which a home’s energy efficiency is measured. The
HERS or Home Energy Rating System was developed by RESNET and is the nationally
recognized system for inspecting and calculating a home’s energy performance.
Certified RESNET Home Energy Raters conduct inspections to verify a home’s
energy performance and determine what improvements can be made to increase it.
For more information go to http://www.resnet.us/home-energy-ratings
Harris Woodward of Finish Werks Custom
Builders, said RESNET’s HERS provides a quantitative measure of energy
efficiency and permits comparisons between homes. “It is expected that Finish Werks Custom
Builders’ agreement with RESNET will serve as a model to other local and
regional builders that would have positive outcomes for consumers and the new
home industry,”
Steve Baden, executive director of RESNET
lauded Finish Werks Custom Builders’ leadership for improving the energy
performance of new homes. “Today’s new
homes are much more efficient in comparison to homes built just a decade
ago. These homes are more affordable to
maintain, comfortable and have a higher value.
Thanks to leaders like Finish Werks Custom Builders, builders are
increasing the energy performance of the homes they build. This is good for consumers, the environment,
the local economy and our national security.
It is great to have such a quality builder like Finish Werks Custom
Builders educating homebuyers on the RESNET HERS Index.”
In making the commitment Finish Werks Custom
Builders has been designated by RESNET as an RESNET Energy Smart Builder.
RESNET Energy Smart Builders are leading the transformation of the housing
towards high energy performance homes. These leading builders are committed to
having all of their homes energy rated following RESNET’s stringent standards
and marketing their homes HERS Index Score.
