104 National RESNET Registry

The National RESNET Registry shall be maintained by RESNET and made available for use by RESNET accredited Rating Quality Assurance Providers, their Certified HERS Raters and other parties in accordance with RESNET Board policy. The following information shall be required in the National RESNET Registry:

104.1 Rating Quality Assurance Providers

Each accredited Rating Quality Assurance Provider shall be included in the National RESNET Registry.

104.2 Certified HERS Raters, RFIs and HERS Modelers

Rating Quality Assurance Providers are responsible for maintaining a current and accurate listing of their Certified HERS Raters, RFIs and HERS Modelers using the National RESNET Registry.

104.3 Ratings

The Rating Quality Assurance Provider will register ratings and maintain the National RESNET Registry in accordance with the policies and procedures established by RESNET. Information required for each rated home entered into the National RESNET Registry shall include, at a minimum, the following:

104.3.1 The Rated Home characteristics, including but not limited to the following:

104.3.1.1 Physical location of the home, including street address, city, state and zip code

104.3.1.2 IECC climate zone of the home

104.3.1.3 Certified HERS Rater, RFI and HERS Modeler RESNET assigned identification numbers.

104.3.1.4 Accredited Rating Quality Assurance Provider ID

104.3.1.5 Date of the Rating

104.3.1.6 Status of the Rated Home (new or existing)

104.3.1.7 Rating Type for the home (Confirmed, Threshold or Sampled)

104.3.1.8 Home Type (single-family, duplex, low-rise Multi-family)

104.3.1.9 Conditioned Floor Area of the home

104.3.1.10 Number of bedrooms in the home

104.3.1.11 The name and version number of the accredited software rating tool that created the Rating

104.3.2 The Rating results, including but not limited to the following:

104.3.2.1 Registration ID (provided by the National RESNET Registry)

104.3.2.2 HERS Index Score

104.3.2.3 Annual Rated Home energy end uses for heating, cooling, hot water and lighting and appliance energy end uses by fuel type

104.3.2.4 Annual Rated Home on-site power production (OPP)

104.3.2.4.1 Status of Renewable Energy Certificates where renewable energy system OPP is considered in CO2 Index ratings.

104.3.2.5 Energy prices used to calculate costs by fuel type

104.3.2.6 Annual total cost to operate the Rated home

104.3.2.7 Annual Rated Home normalized Modified End Use Loads

104.3.2.8 Annual HERS Reference Home End Use Loads

104.3.2.9 Annual HERS Reference Home energy end uses for heating, cooling, hot water and lighting and appliance energy end uses by fuel type

104.3.3 An executable copy of the building input file used by the accredited software rating tool to generate the Home Energy Rating.

104.3.4 Name of the Energy Efficiency Program the Rating is developed for: RESNET; Third Party Energy Efficiency Program name, or; energy code name.