PA Home Energy Adopts Green Energy Compass to Track Program Energy Savings

August 21, 2009 – Ithaca NY

PA Home Energy’s Home Performance with ENERGY STAR® program has become the first to adopt Green Energy Compass, Performance Systems Development’s single-family residential benchmarking software. Designed for the needs of state and utility-sponsored residential energy efficiency programs, Green Energy Compass supports both contractors with critical analysis tools and programs with centralized tracking and robust reporting. PA Home Energy utilizes Green Energy Compass to streamline the communication between contractors and administrators, simplifying the process and facilitating better compliance. For more information, visit http://www.psdconsulting.com/greenenergycompass

A pacesetter in residential energy efficiency, Green Energy Compass offers powerful tracking features for home performance programs to assist quality assurance and program administration. Programs like PA Home Energy can report preliminary energy savings and view early assessments of potential improvements. Green Energy Compass supports effective program management, a key element of program throughput and success, by providing a tool contractors want to use.

Using Green Energy Compass, contractors can generate powerful analytic reports to identify areas needing detailed inspection during the site visit. These reports incorporate the Home Energy Yardstick from the Environmental Protection Agency for a national benchmark score and analyze the home’s energy use under real weather conditions to determine energy use for heating, cooling, and baseload. Contractors save time during the audit while motivating homeowners to action with information on how much money and energy they could save while reducing their carbon footprint.

PA Home Energy focuses on helping Pennsylvania consumers reduce their home energy use by improving the efficiency of new and existing homes. The program integrates the principles of whole house performance with green home design, using service providers with both Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET®) and Building Performance Institute (BPI) certifications. PA Home Energy is a sponsor of Home Performance with ENERGY STAR® and ENERGY STAR® for Homes.

Performance Systems Development specializes in providing software, training, and consulting to the building energy efficiency industry. The company provides a whole-systems approach to energy policy, programs, solutions, and software processes, to improve process efficiency. PSD continues to develop TREAT, a leading energy simulation tool for building retrofits, and Green Energy Compass, a residential benchmarking tool. PSD delivers green jobs training, Building Performance Institute certification training, and a licensed curriculum for building professional training programs.