What does the Sage Score mean?

Many of us want to improve our environmental impact, either to save the planet or just to save money on our power bill. At Sage Steps, we believe that the first step to improvement is measurement.

Short answer - The Sage Score measures your personal environmental impact based on your actual use of electricity, natural gas, water and gasoline and compares you to your neighbors. Scores above 500 are better than your neighbors.

You get extra credit for using canvas bags, walking to do errands, and recycling, among other things.

Technical Answer – The Sage Score is calculated based on:

1. US Department of Energy data,
2. housing type,
3. region of the county you reside in,
4. the season and
5. how many folks reside in your home.

For those folks who don’t pay for water, no worries, just leave the field blank and we will calculate your Sage Score based on an average per person of water used in your region.

Note that under Heating, we measure Natural Gas, Coal, Heating Oil, Kerosene, Propane, and Wood.