Building Enclosure and Energy Performance Consultant

West Concord, MA - Concord Four Square Retrofit - Case Study

Homes built prior to 1980 make up 80% of the housing stock in the United States, and are responsible for a majority of the residential energy use in the country. The Architecture 2030 goals call for a 50% reduction in home energy use by 2010. The objective of this project was to show that a 50% reduction in home energy use could be met today in existing housing. All systems were in new of updating, including plumbing, electrical and heating.

New Orleans, LA - Green Dream 1 - Case Study

Project Team: Catholic Charities Archdiocese New Orleans’ program Operation Helping Hands (OHH), Louisiana State University AgCenter’s Louisiana House Projects (LAHouse), Building Science Corporation

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Description: 1,400 ft2 3 bedroom, one-and-a-half story single family home

Estimated Completion Date: December 2008

Estimated Annual Energy Savings: 41% over Building America Benchmark with solar DHW (36% without solar DHW)

Fort Mills, SC - Baxter Community: High Performance Green Building - Case Study

Project Team: David Weekley Homes Charlotte, North Carolina Division, Building Science Corporation, MASCO—Environments for Living™

Address: Fort Mill, South Carolina

Description: 2,098 to 3,721 ft2 one- and two-story, 3 to 4 bedroom homes

Completion Date: To be completed 2009

Estimated Annual Energy Savings: $986 Energy savings per year

Project Website: http://tinyurl.com/bofwc6

Humble, TX and Atascocita, TX - Eaglesprings and Waterhaven Communities - Case Study

Project Team: David Weekley Homes, Building Science Corporation

Address: Humble, Texas and Atascocita, Texas

Description: One- and two-story single family homes; 1,800 ft2 to 3,500 ft2; 3 to 6 bedrooms, 2 to 4 bathrooms

Completion Date: Under construction; approximately 25 houses complete as of January 2009; complete build-out will be 169 houses

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