Home Buying in the Energy Transition Report
Author: Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative
Date: June 16, 2026
Topics: Clean Energy Energy Efficiency
Resource Type: Reports
Download the “Home Buying in the Energy Transition” report, a groundbreaking research project that explores the role that energy efficiency and clean energy technologies play in the home-buying process.
Conducted in partnership with the National Association of REALTORS® and 257, an intelligence platform that profiles the property and energy characteristics of every U.S. home, the research involved three steps:
- An analysis of 143 million real estate listings nationwide from 1995-2025 for mentions of energy efficiency and clean energy features and their impact on sale prices.
- A survey of over 1,500 real estate professionals who have more than one year of experience and who have been involved in at least two transactions over the past year.
- A 10-minute online survey conducted in late March among 1,027 Americans who have purchased a home in the last five years.
Together, these research inputs show that while consumers highly value energy efficiency, they rarely receive the information they need when evaluating homes. This engagement gap provides an opportunity for electricity providers to empower real estate agents and build relationships with residential customers.
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