high-performance home

Podcast: What is a high-performance home?

Industry insiders Rich Williams (Alliance Green Builders), Ken Johnson (Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US) and Aaron Smith (EEBA) discuss the components of a high-performance home.

The goal of developing Symbi Homes is to create a symbiotic relationship between housing, people, and nature. Photo: Mitsubishi Electric

Net Zero Homes

Developer Builds High-Performance Affordable Homes

Developer builds Symbi Duplex One, a take on building affordable net-zero.

Pictured: A home by Addison Homes with a modern kitchen with Energy Star appliances

Sustainability

Simple Methods Yield Big Benefits For Addison Homes

South Carolina’s Addison Homes has found that high-performance construction isn’t all that complicated.

The Schmeltzer home in Weaverville, N.C., achieved a HERS score of -10, thanks in part to HVAC technology from Mitsubishi Electric. Photo: Ryan Theede

Building Science

Residential New Construction Meets Net-Zero

Net-zero homeowners achieve $1.42 utility bill for two months of power.

The model home at The Peninsula, an Insight Homes community in Millsboro, Del. Photo courtesy Insight Homes

Building Science

7 Steps to Building Net-Zero-Ready Production Homes, From an Award-winning Builder

Delaware builder Insight Homes uses a wide array of innovative techniques to achieve zero-energy-ready certification for some 250 homes since mid-2019.

The newly launched Smart Decathlon for innovative Professionals was founded by Richard King, CEO of Creative Energy and the Founder and former Director of the U.S. Dept. of Energy Solar Decathlon. Photo courtesy Richard King

Process Innovation

New Competition Looks to Accelerate Large-Scale Production of Zero-Energy, High-Performance Homes

The Smart Decathlon for innovative Professionals (SDiPro) will feature both virtual and physical models of homes that push the possibilities of healthy, resilient, energy-efficient, and smart homes.