System enabling accurate and reliable residential energy testing and inspection with fraud prevention mechanisms

A system for determining whether a residential home meets a certification standard, comprising:

• a certifier computing device having a processing apparatus structured and configured to:
• enable entry of information relating to the home into a verifier computing device by a verifier, the verifier computing device being located remotely from the certifier computing device and including an image capture device and a geotagging software component for generating geotagged images from images captured by the image capture device, the information relating to the home including:
• (i) a geotagged image of the home including metadata indicating a location where the image of the home was captured, and (ii) a number of geotagged images each indicative of an observation made by the verifier about a part of the home or a measurement or test that was performed by the verifier on the home including metadata indicating a location where the image indicative of the observation, measurement or test was captured;
• determine whether the number of geotagged images indicative of the measurement or test can be verified based on at least the metadata indicating the location where the image indicative of the observation, measurement or test was captured;
• and
• determine whether the home meets the certification standard based on the information relating to the home if the number of geotagged images indicative of the observation, measurement or test can be verified.