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Integrating Building Performance with Design
Elizabeth Grant
Now, more than ever, it is important for design professionals to be advocates of environmentally responsible design. Architects should aim to create places that occupants care about and care for, and maintain and enjoy for a long time. Unfortunately, architects may not have adequate training or experience to handle performance mandates relating to building integrity and comfort. This can result in situations where these parameters are either inadequately addressed, or are relegated to consulting engineers ... [continue reading]
New Home Builders Tackle Zero-Energy Home Building in Connecticut
Amber Schilberg
Connecticut’s 2016 Zero Energy Challenge reinforces the growing interest in the zero-energy home building movement. In addition to increased participation among experienced homebuilders, the 2016 challenge had an influx of inexperienced zero-energy home builders trying their hand at zero-energy homebuilding for the first time, with two winning. [continue reading]
Housing Innovation Awards Wrap-Up
Stacy Hunt
Earlier this month at the EEBA High Performance Home Summit, the DOE Zero Energy Ready Home program had the pleasure of honoring 24 of the nation’s leading builders with the 2017 Housing Innovation Awards. These awards not only recognize these builders for their incredible homes, but also their leadership. “Housing Innovation Award winners are leading a national movement to Zero Energy Ready Homes, providing better places for Americans to live, stronger communities, and a ... [continue reading]
Energy Data Gains Traction in Real Estate Listings
Ryan Meres
For more than a decade studies have consistently shown that homebuyers want energy efficient features, but few are actually aware of the impact those features have on energy cost. The average U.S. homeowner spends more on energy than property taxes and insurance, but energy is the only one of those three common expenses not considered in the mortgage process. The recent announcement and report released by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) that real estate ... [continue reading]
Residential-PACE Unlocks $33 Billion to Rebuild America's Cities
Emily Gardner
Today, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) revealed a $33 billion market opportunity in the U.S. for new net-zero energy (NZE) homes that can be scaled across the country with a special application of residential property assessed clean energy (R-PACE) financing. [continue reading]
Home Performance Coalition (HPC) Announces the Launch of Home Energy Pros Forum
Lindsay Bachman Flickinger
HPC is proud to announce that the premier online community for the home performance and weatherization industry – the Home Energy Pros Forum – is now live and active. [continue reading]
Home Performance Coalition Announces the Merger of the Home Performance Forum and Home Energy Pros to Become the Premier Sharing Space for Home Energy Professionals
Lindsay Bachman Flickinger
Creating a collaborative online community for home energy professionals, the Home Performance Coalition unites two premier communities into one dynamic, global social network. [continue reading]
Help ACEEE Save Watts and Drops by Taking a Survey
Weston Berg
Energy and water resources have long been recognized as interdependent, but policymakers have rarely addressed their interaction in any formal way. The energy-water nexus has increasingly attracted the attention of researchers and practitioners. Their goal is to better understand how water is used to produce energy and generate electricity; how energy is used to move, heat, and treat water; and how policies can successfully address the technical challenges of efficiently managing these resources together. [continue reading]
Applications Now Being Accepted for BPI's Jon Siemen Memorial Scholarship
Macie Melendez
The Jon Siemen Memorial Scholarship has been developed to honor the life, memory, and work of Jon Siemen, who passed away in March 2015. Jon started his career in weatherization in the late 1970s, when he began working at Community Action in Southwestern Vermont (BROC). Around 1993/1994, Jon and his brother started an air sealing service that they ran for a few years. In 1996, Jon joined the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) and oversaw their ... [continue reading]
The Race to the Top in Home Energy Performance Data: Why It Pays to Go First
Kelly Vaughn
Download RMI’s latest report, An MPG for Homes: Driving Visible Value for Home Energy Performance in Real Estate. [continue reading]
