Biden unveils plans to score homes for energy efficiency.

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by gromicko

Michael, the success of the Tea Party recently, has helped put the country in an anti-regulation sentiment IMHO.

As for creating the Fund... the trend is your friend.

NICK,

The reality is that there is an administration still in power for at least two years that has shown it desire to use regulation to accomplish it's goals when they can't get legislation passed.

I hope it doesn't happen but I suspect there will be much to undo in few years and the task will be monumental if not near impossible.

[Gary Farnsworth]

They best watch it. I have a patent pending on a numerical home evaluation system.

[Nick Gromicko]

Does it look like this one: http://www.moveincertified.com/downl...dchecklist.pdf ?

[Gary Farnsworth]

Close, but the formula is different. I probably will not get it, since numerical equations are not patented. Items inspected get a numerical value, up to 6, then averaged and figured. Most insurance companies and lenders want just a number of a home to enter into a computer. A friend and I have been working on it for years, but never came about. Oh, well.

[alandreth]

IMO...
On the short term, this appears to be a good thing for home inspectors. It could expand our market from home buyers (and a few sellers) to potentially the whole population of home owners. I personally don't see a down side to that. Sure, the government "estimated" a half-priced energy audit, but that estimate doesn't control the market. Unless I'm not seeing something, supply and demand will still reign.

On the contrary, the whole program seems to be a big, bad wolf disguised in a red hood. Is this not the same methodolgy used in the 70's when MPG ratings were established for the auto industry. Within a few years after the ratings were established the minimum standard had increased by over 40%, and the auto-makers (car buyers) paid for that.

Are the minimum efficiencey standards for home owners going to increase similarly? Are home owners going to be required to score an 8 on the chart or be fined?

In short: as an inspector, I love it - as a home owner/citizen, it scares me a little

[Nick Gromicko]

Check this out: http://www.nachi.org/forum/f14/new-y...47/#post716656