What do HERS Providers provide? - Answer-They provide software, oversight, marketing assistance, and quality assurance for the Rater.
What role does a HERS Trainer play? - Answer-The Trainer trains Raters on how to perform HERS ratings.
What are some of the responsibilities of a HERS Rater? -...
HERS Rater Exam Questions with
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What do HERS Providers provide? - Answer-They provide software, oversight,
marketing assistance, and quality assurance for the Rater.
What role does a HERS Trainer play? - Answer-The Trainer trains Raters on how to
perform HERS ratings.
What are some of the responsibilities of a HERS Rater? - Answer-The Rater's
responsibilities include inspecting and testing the minimum rated features of the home,
entering the data into a RESNET accredited software tool, and providing the client with
reports generated by the software.
Why was RESNET created and by whom? - Answer-RESNET was created to use a
scoring system that could compare the energy use of different houses with each other
on a level playing field. It was created to oversee the HERS industry, provide standards
for accreditation of Raters, Providers and Trainers, ethics and protocols for inspection,
testing and software analysis. It was created by the National Association of State
Energy Officers (NASEO) and Energy Rated Homes of America.
What are the minimum rated features of a home? - Answer-The minimum rated features
of a home include but are not limited to the foundation, walls, roof-ceiling, rim joist,
doors, windows, skylights, air infiltration, heating and cooling equipment, heating and
cooling distribution system, duct leakage, domestic water heating, passive solar design,
and solar water heating.
Can any energy analysis software be used to produce a HERS rating? - Answer-No --
The software must be a RESNET accredited software tool.
Is a Home Energy Rater required to verify compliance with the local energy code? -
Answer-No - The rater is not required to determine compliance with regulatory
requirements such as construction codes.
If a Rater enters an existing home to perform inspections and testing and the owner's 9
foot Burmese python is loose, does the Rater have to complete the inspection and
testing? - Answer-No - The Rater is not required to enter any area or perform any
procedure that is likely to be dangerous to the Rater.
Is a Rater required to perform Manual J load calculations? - Answer-No - The Rater is
not required to offer or perform HVAC system design or sizing consultation.
, What is a British thermal unit? - Answer-A British thermal unit (Btu) is the amount of
heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water on degree Fahrenheit at
sea level when the water is 39.2°F.
A homeowner has paid for 17 CCF of natural gas on their monthly bill. How many Btu's
did they use? - Answer-1 CCF = 102,000 Btu's
17 CCF = 17 x 102,000 = 1,734,000
How many therms? - Answer-1 CCF of natural gas = 1 therm
17 CCF of natural gas = 17 therms
How many kWh are in 14,000 Btu's? - Answer-1 kWh = 3,413 Btu's
14,000 Btu's / 3,413 Btu's = 4.1 kWh
How many therms are in 18 CCF of natural gas? - Answer-1 CCF of natural gas = 1
therm
18 CCF of natural gas = 18 therms
What is the building envelope? - Answer-The building envelope is an air barrier and
thermal boundary that are continuous and touching and separate conditioned space
from unconditioned space or the outside.
Is advanced framing a recent invention? - Answer-It has been around for a really long
time (Examples of advanced framing techniques have been seen in houses built in the
1920s in Anniston, Alabama).
What is the "energy" definition of a kneewall? - Answer-Attic kneewalls are any wall that
separate unconditioned attic space from conditioned space. They have to be accounted
for differently in the take-offs and modeling because they have different boundary
conditions (hell on one side, heaven on the other).
250 Pascals is how many inches of water gauge? - Answer-1 Pascal = 0.004 inches at
sea level
250 Pascals = 0.004*250 inches at sea level
= 1 inch at sea level
How many gallons of mid-grade gasoline equal the energy content of 1 cord of apple
wood? - Answer-1 MMBtu = 1,000,000 Btu
28.72 MMBtu = 28,720,000 Btu
1 gallon of mid-grade gasoline = 125,000 Btu
28,720,000 Btu / 125,000 Btu = 229.76 gallons of mid-grade gasoline
1 gallon of gasoline = 0.125 MMBtu
28..125 = 229.76 gallons of gasoline
How many tons of lignite coal would it take to equal the energy content of 1 cord of
Pinon Pine? - Answer-1 cord of Pinon Pine = 33.50 MMBtu
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