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Energy-Efficient Resource-Efficient Frost-Protected Shallow Foundations
Builders and remodelers across the northern United States are learning the advantages of frost-protected shallow foundations FPSFs and the use of the technology is spreading. Frost-protected shallow foundations are included as an energy efficient and resource-efficient technology in the Green Builder Program of Colorado. This document introduces the Frost-Protected Shallow...
Performance Comparison of Residential Hot Water Systems
This report by the NAHB Research Center is a continuation of past Renewables and Energy Efficiency Program REEP technical efforts sponsored by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL through 1999 and 2000. This work was undertaken to verify the estimated energy savings for hot water systems. The test results presented...
Spot Ventilation: Source Control to Improve Indoor Air Quality
All homes need ventilation?the exchange of indoor air with outdoor air?to reduce indoor moisture, odors, and other pollutants. Contaminants such as formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds VOCs, and radon that may cause health problems can accumulate in poorly ventilated homes. Ventilation techniques and strategies have become more sophisticated as homes have...
Domestic Hot Water System Modeling for the Design of Energy Efficient Systems
This report evaluates the use of demand water heating equipment in conjunction with various hot water piping configurations. These systems are being evaluated as an alternative to a standard tank with a tree delivery system used in most new homes today. Four different domestic hot water heating systems are evaluated...
Modulating Furnace
Standard furnaces operate like your car in stop-and-go traffic. Fuel efficiency goes down and you're less comfortable. A modulating furnace is like highway driving, making slight operating adjustments while achieving maximum efficiency. This new condensing furnace with a modulating gas valve operates with more finesse to reduce temperature fluctuations, providing...
Energy Efficiency in Remodeling: Appliances & Lighting
This fact sheet is one in a series intended to inform homeowners about the opportunities, options, and benefits associated with making energy efficiency improvements during home remodeling projects. Appliances and lighting can account for 20 to 40 percent of home energy use. After heating, cooling, and hot water heating equipment,...
Energy Efficiency in Remodeling: Roofs & Ceilings
This fact sheet is one in a series intended to inform homeowners about the opportunities, options, and benefits associated with making energy efficiency improvements during home remodeling projects. Energy-related improvements in ceilings and roofs fall into three major categories -- insulation, air leakage, and ventilation. Compared to homes built today,...
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Video: National Homebuilder Takes Aim at Energy Efficiency
Centex to offer suite of energy efficiency features as standard DALLAS, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Centex Corporation today announced the Centex Energy Advantage, a suite of energy-efficient features standard in all Centex homes built nationwide by January 2009. The initiative is expected to have positive, long-term...
Recent NAHB Publication Cites Customer Velocity's Features as Exemplary for Surviving Down Markets
Three of Top Ten NAHB Survival Tips Can be Accomplished With Customer Velocity THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- Customer Velocity -- the widely acknowledged national leader in sales process automation and best-practice web-lead management -- today announced that the features of its software suite are proving to be highly...
Progressive Following on KB Home.
M2 PRESSWIRE-21 February 2008-NYSENEWS: Progressive Following on KB HomeC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21022008 InvestorIM has been created as a tool for the average investor. The idea is simple, a website where the world can communicate. Do you have a ...
KB Home First Builder to Earn National Housing Quality Certification Nationwide
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. -- Today, the NAHB Research Center proudly announced that KB Home (NYSE: KBH), one of the nation's leading home builders, has been named the first builder to earn the prestigious National Housing Quality NHQ Certified Builder Program for all of its operations nationwide. Following a rigorous NAHB...
First New Residential Siding Category to Appear in 20 Years, Introduced by Microposite, Inc
Michigan-Based Microposite Responds to Industry Demand for Innovative, Premium Siding Products, Delivering Three Times the Energy Efficiency at Half the Weight AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- For the first time in over 20 years, there's a new category in residential siding. Michigan-based Microposite, Inc. today marked their official entrance...
Pringle Development, Inc. Wins National Housing Award from NAHQ
EUSTIS, Fla. -- Pringle Development, Inc. is proud to announce they are one of five winners of the 2008 National Housing Quality NHQ Awards. This is the third time Pringle Development has received an NHQ award, and the second time earning silver. These awards are determined and presented by the...
NAHB says nearly 100,000 green homes certified
WASHINGTON -- According to the National Association of Home Builders NAHB, a new survey of local home building associations showed that more than 97,000 homes have been built and certified by voluntary, builder-supported green building programs around the country since the mid-1990s. This revealed a more than 50% increase since...
2007 EnergyValue Housing Award Winners.(Brief article)
Staff Veridian Homes of Madison, Wis., was named the 2007 EnergyValue Housing Award Builder of the Year. Presented by the NAHB Research Center, the EVHA recognizes builders who have voluntarily integrated energy efficiency into the design, construction and marketing of their...
A Great Wind is Blowing.(wind power)
By Glen Salas, PATH Partners Wind power can work for single-family homes. Wind power is the world's fastest-growing energy technology. Could it be too futuristic or too expensive for your clients? Because energy prices are volatile...
2007 National Housing Quality Award Winners Announced
CONSTRUCTION The National Assn. of Home Builders NAHB Research Center and Reed Business Information, publishers of Professional Builder magazine, have announced the winners at the 2007 National Housing Quality NHQ Awards. The NHQ Awards program, patterned after the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, has two divisions-home builder and trade contractor....
Blue ribbon roofing and siding.(Number Sixty-Three)
It's easy to spot the employees of Blue Ribbon Roofing and Siding. They're the ones walking around with three-ringed binders in their hands. "Everybody has one," says Scott Lenahan, the vice president of Blue Ribbon. The binders arrived when...
From Trash to Treasure.(managing waste)
By Scott T. Shepherd, PATH Partners Managing waste can be a good investment. For some builders, job site waste is an afterthought. Many just rent the dumpster, throw the waste in and forget about it. ...
New horizons: the Research Center begins construction of a new specialized material and structural testing laboratory.(THE NAHB RESEARCH CENTER CORNER)
TO SUPPORT ITS BURGEONing role as a full-service building product commercialization consulting firm, the NAHB Research Center recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to start construction of a new material and structural systems testing laboratory facility on its Upper Marlboro, Md., campus. With nearly 42,000 square feet...
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