NMR, along with the Northeast Home Energy Rating System (NEHERS) Alliance, Stephens & Company, Builders for Climate Action, and Ekotrope, was proud to submit the Massachusetts 100‐Home Embodied Carbon Study to the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center this November.

The whole team would like to thank participating HERS® Raters, project teams, and subject matter experts; Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), Eversource, and National Grid; Residential Energy Services Network® (RESNET®); and many others who made this work possible.

The goals of the study were:

1. Explore the feasibility of adding embodied carbon analysis to typical operational energy assessments conducted on residential buildings by HERS® Raters.
2. Use these augmented energy assessments to explore the feasibility of establishing baseline values for embodied carbon emissions generated by residential new construction in Massachusetts.

Read the report here!