EPS Score

A growing portion of American consumers value energy-efficient homes with higher performance, lower operating costs and a reduced environmental impact. The Energy Trust of Oregon has created an energy performance score that rates the efficiency of a home and measures it against similar-sized homes in Oregon. With EPS, the lower the score the more efficient the home. The score can range from zero to over 200, with zero being the best possible rating.

 Homes with low EPS scores typically have the following features:

• Improved insulation
• Energy-efficient windows
• Advanced framing
• Efficient heating, cooling, and ventilation
• Solar electric
• Properly sealed ducts
• Efficient appliances and lighting
• Efficient water heating
• Solar water heating

While the needs and wishes of clients vary, all of our homes incorporate advanced green building techniques and sustainable practices, with high performance technologies and materials. We emphasize energy efficiency and conservation of natural resources both in the construction and the continued functioning of the structure over its lifetime, creating homes that are part of a long-term environmental solution.