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Sustainability manager lays out Home Energy Score proposal; council asks enforcement, cost and realtor questions
Summary
Alyssa Joneswood presented a regional Home Energy Score disclosure concept (time-of-listing assessment, 1–10 score, assessor cost $150–$350, subsidized assessments for low-income sellers). Council members raised enforcement, cost, REIT/RCW and realtor concerns and asked for further research; council agreed to continue discussion, not to adopt at this meeting.
Alyssa Joneswood, Tumwater’s sustainability manager, presented a regional Home Energy Score proposal to the council and explained how the program would work as a standardized consumer-disclosure tool tied to home sales. "Home Energy Score was developed by the U.S. Department of Energy and its national labs," Joneswood said, describing the score as a 1–10 rating and the report as a standardized, six-to-eight page consumer document that lists estimated energy use and cost and cost-effective improvement recommendations.
Joneswood said the model the region has been discussing would require a score and public disclosure at time of listing for sale, not require any mandatory upgrades, and include subsidies or exemptions for low-income households. She…
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