Information on energy efficient mortgages and HERS raters

Energy Efficient Mortgages (EEMs)

US DOE EERE
Consumer's Guide
Financing an Energy Efficient Home http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/your_home/designing_remodeling/index.cfm/mytopic=10380

US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Lender List
http://www.hud.gov/ll/code/llslcrit.cfm

Energy Star
Find an Energy Star Partner (you can search for lenders)
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=new_homes_partners.showHomesSearch

Additional information available from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Insured Single Family Housing:

451 7th Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20410
(800) 569-4287 – This telephone number will connect you to a directory service maintaining contact information to a mortgage counselor nearest you. To seek application to an Energy Efficient Mortgage, here is a great start to finding out how you can apply.

http://www.hud.gov

Florida Solar Energy Center
Financing Energy Efficiency: An EEM Handbook
http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/consumer/buildings/homes/ratings/eem/

Residential Energy Services Network
Lender Information
http://www.resnet.us/lender/default.htm
Mortgage Information
http://www.resnet.us/ratings/mortgages/default.htm

Home Energy Rating System (HERS)

Residential Energy Services Network
HERS Rater Directory
http://www.natresnet.org/directory/raters.aspx

Energy Star
What is a HERS rating?
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=bldrs_lenders_raters.nh_HERS

Additional information on tax credits and incentives

Tax Incentives Assistance Project (TIAP)
http://www.energytaxincentives.org

Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE)
http://www.dsireusa.org