Scoring system in pipeline to rate houses

Fridges have them, televisions have them, now houses are in line for rating labels revealing at a glance how energy efficient they are.

A group of housing consultancies is working on a new scoring system that could tell homeowners, renters and house-hunters how comfortable and cheap running a home will be.

The "health and comfort" scorecards could be handed out to potential buyers at open homes and, if they become popular, could penalise the roughly one million, mostly older New Zealand homes that do not meet modern building standards.

The project is a joint initiative between the Green Building Council, housing research group Beacon Pathway and building consultancy company Branz.

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Posted: 18 May 2009

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