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Tell your builder you want a Wisconsin ENERGY STAR Home!

Tell your builder you want a Wisconsin ENERGY STAR Home! These homes are designed, built, tested and certified to ensure energy efficiency, combustion safety, durability and comfort. In fact a home built to the Wisconsin ENERGY STAR Home standard is as much as 25% more energy efficient than a new home built to code. Ask your builder if they partner with this program. If they don't, ask your builder to contact Focus on Energy to learn more about participation. A key piece to the Wisconsin ENERGY STAR Homes program are the consultants who are trained to work with your builder. The consultant is third-party partner who certifies the home once it’s completed and will provide you with information on how to maintain your Wisconsin ENERGY STAR Home. In addition, make sure that you are installing the most efficient products and equipment in your new home. Buying only ENERGY STAR qualified appliances and lighting, installing a high efficiency hot water heater and furnace with an electronically commutated motor (ECM) and ensuring your central air conditioner is at least a SEER 15, along with building a Wisconsin ENERGY STAR home will all go a long way in making your new home as energy efficient as possible.