REM/Rate™

REM/Rate™ is a user-friendly, sophisticated, residential energy analysis, code compliance and Home Energy Rating (HERS^®) software developed specifically for the needs of HERS^® Providers and Home Energy Raters.

REM/Rate™ software calculates heating, cooling, hot water, lighting, and appliance energy loads, consumption and costs for new and existing single and multi-family homes. Climate data is available for cities and towns throughout the U.S. and Canada. As a home energy rating tool, REM/Rate™ meets the following requirements:

• Complies with RESNET^® National Home Energy Rating Standards as promulgated by the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET^®), including an hourly HERS simulation engine option.
• Calculates energy loads, consumption and costs as well as sizes mechanical equipment and performs automatic International Energy Conservation Code compliance analysis.

In addition to energy rating, REM/Rate™ creates the following value-added information:

• U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR^® Certified Homes v3.x and Multifamily New Construction v1.x Home Analysis.
• DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Certification
• Energy code compliance (IECC 1998 - 2021)
• National Green Building Standard™ (NGBS) Compliance
• LEED^® for Homes compliance
• Heating and cooling equipment sizing

REM/Rate™ operates in Windows^® and has many unique features including extensive component libraries, automated energy efficiency improvement analysis, duct condition and leakage analysis, latent and sensible cooling analysis, lighting and appliance audit, and active and passive solar analysis.

HERS^® Providers throughout the U.S. use REM/Rate™ Software. The Software has a User Defined Reference Home feature which enables the HERS^® Provider to create other reference homes (local construction practice, local code) that can be compared to the rated home. It also has an Export Database feature that creates a database of inputs and outputs for statistical analysis, archiving ratings and custom report generation.

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REM/Rate™ Lite

REM/Rate™ Lite is for non-RESNET^® providers and calculates heating, cooling, hot water, lighting, and appliance energy loads, consumption and costs for new and existing single and multi-family homes. Climate data is available for cities and towns throughout the U.S. and Canada. It includes the following:

• Hourly simulation engine option
• Calculates energy loads, consumption and costs as well as sizes mechanical equipment and performs automatic International Energy Conservation Code compliance analysis
• Heating and cooling equipment sizing

REM/Rate™ LIte operates in Windows^® and has many unique features including extensive component libraries, automated energy efficiency improvement analysis, duct condition and leakage analysis, latent and sensible cooling analysis, lighting and appliance audit, and active and passive solar analysis.

REM/Rate™ has a User Defined Reference Home feature which enables the Provider to create other reference homes (local construction practice, local code) that can be compared to the rated home. It also has an Export Database feature that creates a database of inputs and outputs for statistical analysis, archiving ratings and custom report generation.

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REM/Design™

REM/Design™ has now reached a full end-of-support phase and has been decommissioned, which means we are no longer able to generate new site codes or provide any technical support for that platform. It has been replaced with REM/Rate™ Lite. This ensures a single code base that implements all the code standards and bug fixes for a more consistent product.