I’m a general contractor/designer and I want to design with a HERS target plan. I’d like to have a good idea of the likely HERS score before submitting the plan to the township or hiring a rater.

When I was building in Alaska, I used AKWarm. I could get a very accurate picture of my eventual star rating for the house (required for rebates from AK Housing). That software was also incredibly accurate at predicting yearly energy usage.

I downloaded the REMDesign trial thinking I could enter the data a see a preliminary HERS score. However, when I try to generate a Energy Star report (any one), a screen appears for a microsecond and disappears. I’m now looking at the other RESNET approved software and don’t see anything available to non-raters.

 

Does anyone know if there is software available to non-raters that can generate a HERS score?