Like kicking the tires, the Ramseyer family checked out a new house in Junction City this summer.
They liked the size: 2,500 square feet, plenty of room for the boys and the office and everything else. They loved the layout: Open kitchen, dining, living area — a really great room.
And then they looked at the Energy Performance Score (EPS), a brand new corollary to the miles-per-gallon sticker on a car, which told them — among other things — just how much it would cost to heat, cool and light the new house: $1,029 a year. $86 a month
“That helped set our minds on wanting this house and not having to worry about it not being constructed properly,” said James Ramseyer, patriarch of the four-member family. “The utility bill here will be less than at our old house — and our old house was half this size.”
Sold.
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