Texas Home Energy Score for Real Estate Professionals Course

 
Welcome to InterNACHI's free, online Home Energy Score for Real Estate Professionals Course. Licensed real estate professionals can log into the course by creating a free account at nachi.org/realestate
 
InterNACH is solely responsible for the content used in this course.

The goal of this course is to teach real estate professionals about the United State's Department of Energy's Home Energy Score and how it helps homeowners understand the energy performance of their homes and how they compare to other homes nationwide. 

Objective:

Upon successful completion of this course, the real estate professional will be able to:

  • describe the information Home Energy Score provides;
  • state the type of house data required to be collected in order to generate a Home Energy Score;   
  • communicate to homeowners the energy efficiency upgrades that are recommended by the Home Energy Score.
This course has been approved by:
  • the Texas Real Estate Commission
The course includes:
  • 2 or more Continuing Education credit hours (depending on your state);
  • 3,481 words;
  • 85 minutes of training video;
  • 6-question quiz;
  • a 20-question final exam (drawn from a larger pool);
  • instant grading;
  • a downloadable, printable Certificate of Completion; and 
  • accreditations and state approvals.
The course covers the following topics:
  • Home Energy Score
  • Background
  • Qualified Assessor
  • Information for Homeowners
  • Assessment vs. Audit
  • When Should a Homeowner Get a Score?
  • What Homeowners Need to Know
  • Specific Guidelines
  • Home Energy Score Partners
  • Calculation Methodology
  • Home Energy Score Accuracy
  • Home Energy Scoring Tool for an Asset Rating 

    Upon completion of this course and passing the 20-question final exam (drawn from a larger pool), the student can download and print his/her own Certificate of Completion, which is auto-generated in the student's name.

    The student's information is recorded on InterNACHI's servers for compliance verification, and automatically logs completion into InterNACHI's online Continuing Education log.  It counts as two InterNACHI Continuing Education hours (2 CEU).
     
    This course is open and free to all real estate professionals. And, in keeping with InterNACHI's commitment to Continuing Education, this online training course is open and free to all real estate professionals, and can be taken again and again, without limit.