Does home energy use information help make smarter decisions?
14 U.S. residential energy use disclosure laws were examined in order to shed light on how residential energy disclosure policies can most effectively reach homebuyers and renters in single-family homes and multifamily buildings.
In the new American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy report, “Residential Energy Use Disclosure: A Review of Existing Policies,” 14 U.S. residential energy use disclosure laws were examined in order to shed light on how residential energy disclosure policies can most effectively reach homebuyers and renters in single-family homes and multifamily buildings.
While commercial benchmarking quickly is becoming a hot policy in many major U.S. cities, residential policies have popped up in a remarkably diverse spread of jurisdictions, some of which have few, if any, other energy-efficiency policies on the books.