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If you want to build a new energy-efficient Florida home or if you want to find out if an existing house is energy efficient, take a look at the resources below.

Picture of an open book.Energy-Efficient Florida Home Building Manual
This manual presents practical, real-life recommendations on how to design and build homes in Florida. It contains information specific to our state's climate and lifestyles, rather than the overly general information found in most residential building publications.

Line drawing of a house.Thinking About Buying a Home? Get an EnergyGauge® Rating
This brochure explains how an EnergyGauge home energy rating can help prospective homebuyers determine the energy usage of a potential home, and compare it with similar Florida homes.
[Adobe PDF, 289kb].