2011 Updated Edition of the Home Energy Rating System Booklet

Information for Businesses and Real Estate Professionals

In today's challenging housing market, homeowners look to real estate licensees as trusted advisors when buying or selling a home. As homeowners are increasingly focused on making wise decisions when engaging in the home sale process, clients may increasingly request your expertise when considering cost-effective and environmentally-friendly home upgrades. Now you can offer your clients this added service with this colorful and informative booklet (updated for 2011), What Is Your Home Energy Rating? The booklet is designed to educate homeowners, home buyers, and home sellers about Whole-House Home Energy Rating services and their benefits, opportunity to invest in energy efficiency improvements at the time-of-sale, and available financing options.

Disclosure Requirements
California Civil Code Section 2079.10 requires the home seller or broker to inform the buyer about the existence of California Home Energy Rating Program. The law further specifies that if this booklet is provided to the buyer in connection with the transfer of real property, then this booklet is adequate in meeting the disclosure requirements.

You can download the booklet from this page, add your company's name and logo to the back cover, and print copies for use. You can also download a copy to take to a printer. Either way, the booklet can be a valuable sales tool for real estate professionals.

Click here to download and print the color version of What Is Your Home Energy Rating?

Click here to download and print the black and white version of What Is Your Home Energy Rating? (for non-color printers)

For more information, contact:
Energy Standards Hotline
Phone: (800) 772-3300 or (916) 654-5106
E-mail: title24@energy.state.ca.us