US Department of Energy (DOE) Efficient New Homes Program

  • Oregon , Washington , Idaho , Montana
  • Home Certification Programs

A DOE Efficient New Home is a high-performance home that is so energy efficient that a renewable energy system could offset most or all the home's annual energy use. Each home meets rigorous efficiency and performance criteria and is verified by a qualified third-party as part of the certification process. Most types of new homes in the U.S. are eligible to participate, and certified homes are eligible to receive the federal 45L tax credit - up to $5,000 per home, for homes acquired before July 1, 2026.

This program was previously known as the DOE Zero Energy Ready Home program. DOE Efficient New Homes is the successor program to DOE Zero Energy Ready Home. Materials The DOE ZERH program and the DOE Efficient New Homes program remain substantively the same.

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Additional Programs

Oregon , Washington

Energy Trust of Oregon EPS™ New Construction

EPSTM, brought to you by Ener­gy Trust of Ore­gon, is an ener­gy per­for­mance score that rates the effi­cien­cy of a home and mea­sures it against sim­i­lar-sized homes in Ore­gon. With EPS, the low­er the…
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Oregon , Washington , Idaho , Montana

Phius Passive Building Standard

Phius is a cli­mate-spe­cif­ic pas­sive build­ing cer­ti­fi­ca­tion that is com­mit­ted to mak­ing high-per­for­mance pas­sive build­ing the main­stream mar­ket standard.…
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Oregon , Washington

Environments for Living

The Envi­ron­ments For Liv­ing® pro­gram by Top­Build Home Ser­vices is a lead­ing, nation­al turn-key cer­ti­fi­ca­tion pro­gram designed to assist builders in con­struct­ing and mar­ket­ing homes uti­liz­ing the…
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