Home Energy Labeling

The NASEO Home Energy Labeling Working Group meets on a bimonthly basis to discuss the latest research on home energy labeling and to share programmatic updates among stakeholders. State Energy Offices and other stakeholders can explore best practices and new models to implementing residential energy efficiency disclosure.

To learn more, please contact Maddie Koewler (mkoewler@naseo.org). 

The NASEO Residential Energy Disclosure Policies map provides an overview of active state, county, and city labeling disclosure policies and is intended to serve as a resource for State Energy Offices to explore labeling disclosure efforts across the country. It includes initiatives that require public disclosure of the home energy label either directly to prospective buyers or renters or through a publicly available database. Energy benchmarking or other labeling initiatives that do not publicly disclose the energy efficiency of participating buildings are not included in this map.

To help NASEO keep this map as up to date as possible, please contact Alannah Bell (abell@naseo.org).

Map Coming Soon

The Value of Adding Home Energy Score to Low-Income Energy Efficiency Programs 
This paper published by NASEO explores the value of documenting energy efficiency improvements completed in low-income energy efficiency programs and explains that the benefits participants experience can be enhanced by obtaining an energy label, which provides additional value to participants by documenting the upgrades and improvements to their home.

Energy Metrics to Promote Residential Energy Scorecards in States (EMPRESS)
NASEO and the Rhode Island Energy Office partnered with the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, the Missouri Division of Energy, the Arkansas Energy Office, the Oregon Department of Energy, as well as Energy Futures Group, Earth Advantage and Vermont Energy Investment Corporation on the Energy Metrics to Promote Residential Energy Scorecards in States (EMPRESS) project.

Home Energy Labeling: Steps states can take to support city-based home energy labeling initiatives
Earth Advantage created this resource outlining the steps states can take to establish a home energy labeling framework that supports city-level labeling policies and programs. It provides four steps states can take: Define the State's Role, Set the Rules, Enable Statewide Energy Labeling Infrastructure, and Analyze and Educate.

Home Energy Information Accelerator (HEIA) Toolkit
This toolkit is a product of the Better Buildings Home Energy Information Accelerator from the U.S. Department of Energy. It helps readers interested in improving access to home energy information navigate the many resources, lessons learned, and best practices developed through the Accelerator.