Summary: This week we talk to John Weldy about energy efficiency and home affordability. We learn<br>how smaller homes tend to be more energy efficient, but they are penalized by current<br>energy efficiency measuring systems, which make it hard to compare energy use from home<br>to home.<br>The good news is, there are a couple of easy ways to know whether or not a new home will<br>be more energy efficient than similar models, and we talk about how consumers can protect<br>themselves as well as how local governments can adjust their building codes to put smaller<br>homes on equal footing as larger homes when energy efficiency requirements<br>Mr. Weldy is a Purdue graduate and has been in the factory-built housing industry for 26<br>years now. He's been the Director of Engineering with Clayton Homes since 2005. {For<br>transparency, please note we are an independent manufactured home dealer that sells<br>Clayton Homes products.}<br><a href="https://www.claytonhomes.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.claytonhomes.com/</a><br>He's a registered professional engineer on the civil and structural side in 39 States. He holds<br>International Code Council Certifications for residential inspections for all disciplines. Just<br>finished serving on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Manufactured<br>Housing Consensus Committee, where he was the chairman of the Technical System<br>subcommittee as well as the chair of several taskforce groups. He's an active member of the<br>Manufactured Housing Institute and on the board of Systems Building Research Alliance.<br>Relevant links to today’s conversation include:<br>Information about ISO 14001 registration: <a href="https://www.claytonhomes.com/studio/what-is-iso-14001/" rel="noopener">https://www.claytonhomes.com/studio/what-is-iso-14001/</a><br>Information on the Home Energy Score [HES] developed by the Department of Energy: <a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/downloads/home-energy-score" rel="noopener">https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/downloads/home-energy-score</a><br>Information on the Home Energy Rating System [HERS] developed by the Residential Energy<br>Service Network: <a href="https://www.hersindex.com/hers-index/what-is-the-hers-index/" rel="noopener">https://www.hersindex.com/hers-index/what-is-the-hers-index/</a><br>Information on the Energy Star program as well as information on Clayton’s Energy Smart<br>Home Package: <a href="https://www.energystar.gov/" rel="noopener">https://www.energystar.gov/</a><br><a href="https://www.claytonhomes.com/studio/saving-big-with-green-energy-smart-home-packages/" rel="noopener">https://www.claytonhomes.com/studio/saving-big-with-green-energy-smart-home-packages/</a><br>Finally, information from CPS Energy about energy efficiency in your home: <a href="https://www.cpsenergy.com/en/my-home/savenow/energy-saving--tips.html" rel="noopener">https://www.cpsenergy.com/en/my-home/savenow/energy-saving--tips.html</a>
