The climate disclosure label for single-family homes uses historical electricity and gas consumption data to compare a home’s energy performance with similar houses, encouraging pre-sale climate upgrades like solar installation and EV chargers. The label uses behavioral science principles such as disclosure theory, social comparison, color grading, and gamification, awarding badges for solar installations, EV chargers, and being gas-free.

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Key Features:

• Historical Consumption Data:
  • The label is based on the electricity and gas consumption patterns of the previous residents, comparing the home’s energy performance to similar-sized homes in the neighborhood.
• Encourages Pre-Sale Climate Upgrades:
  • Designed to motivate homeowners to improve their climate scores by installing solar, switching to gas-free options, adding EV chargers, and adopting energy-efficient behaviors in the year before listing their home for sale.
• Benchmarking and Social Comparison:
  • The label compares the home’s energy consumption to nearby houses, using simple color grading and benchmarking to indicate performance relative to similar homes.
• Automated Label Creation:
  • Generated through an online platform with access to historical utility data, this label is easily produced without the need for expensive, manual energy audits, making it a convenient tool for sellers and buyers.

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This climate disclosure label helps drive energy efficiency and climate-friendly upgrades in homes by providing transparent, comparable data in a simple, engaging format during the home-selling process.