Homeowner's Guide to Home Energy Equity: Uncovering Unexpected Wealth from Your Home's Energy Inefficiencies (Energy Equity Series Book 1)

The economic crisis, with foreclosed houses and defaulted loans, has wreaked havoc on the equity of our homes. This book helps homeowners understand how to lower their cost of living and increase the hidden "energy equity" in their homes at the same time. Even homes that are losing value can have hidden equity that can benefit a homeowner, it is just a matter of knowing how to access it.

The author of this book has been studying, preaching and writing about energy equity for over three decades and explains how improving the energy efficiency of your home can automatically increase the market value of your home, over and above what the appraiser states it is worth. If you don't understand how to realize the energy equity in a home, you can, and probably will, make common mistakes that would cause you to lose that opportunity, and the additional market value that is yours for the asking.

Ken Riead is a chartered "Legend in Energy" by the Association of Energy Engineers, he is a certified Home Energy Rater, certified Sustainable Design Professional, senior certified Energy Manager, and senior certified Demand Side Manager. He has a long history consulting for state energy offices, utilities, educational, commercial and residential clients about energy efficiency and energy programs. As a certified Energy & Environmental Instructor, Ken is able to take complex ideas and concepts and effectively communicate them to people from all backgrounds and levels of expertise.

This authoritative reference is the first book to take the concepts of building science, financial analysis, investment strategies, and real estate equity and pull them all together for the homeowner's benefit. The Homeowner's Guide to Energy Equity walks a homeowner fully through the history of this concept, the benefit to the homeowner, and the steps to follow to reclaim lost equity through energy efficiency improvements. Links to more information and a full example of how the process and the math works are included. If you are considering selling your home, purchasing a home, or even just improving the energy efficiency of your existing home and remaining in your home, read this book before moving ahead.