Since 2008, I've been sharing information as to the least to most expensive items in lowering an electric bill. In 2015, I decided to purchase a home to illustrate how that works. Thanks to HomeSmart, my home is the first Pearl Gold Certified home in Arizona! But what does that mean?
Pearl Certification is a re-sale certification that is a points based certification. The really cool aspects of the certification include letters to a lender, buyer and appraiser describing the importace of understanding the certification. As a listing agent, the certification provides marketing material and real nuts and bolts details to share energy efficient features with the public. It's often said that when a home sells, there goes the data. Not so with Pearl. Pearl also shares details in a registry so the information is made public.
The featured article leaves out a few key details. My home is the first Pearl Gold Certified home in Arizona, not just Scottsdale. I added a lot more features to the home to reduce the electric bill by 71% before adding solar, including all new appllliances.
Adding solar panels finished off the rest of the bill and the panels provide enough juice to power my Tesla most of the time. When there is an electric bill its' due to charging my car in the summer. For more details, read the article!
