Texas first in HERS-rated homes in 2021

​​​NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Last year, 70,314 homes in Texas received a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index Score, more than any other state.

Last year, there were 313,153 homes HERS rated in the country, pushing the to-date total to over 3.3 million. The previous record was from 2020 with 299,775 homes rated.

The average HERS Index Score in 2021 was 58. ​

"This is 42 percent more efficient than homes built as recently as 2006 and 72 percent more efficient than a typical home built in the 1970s," said Steve Baden, RESNET executive director. 

The rest of the top five states for number of HERS-rated homes were Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, and Colorado.

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