Light Footprint. An Adirondack-style home in idyllic New Canaan, Conn., incorporates the highest levels of sustainability. The near net-zero energy (HERS 14) custom home achieves luxury living with minimum environmental impact.
May 29, 2014 3:59:16 PM
Light Footprint. An Adirondack-style home in idyllic New Canaan, Conn., incorporates the highest levels of sustainability. The near net-zero energy (HERS 14) custom home achieves luxury living with minimum environmental impact.
Nov 11, 2012 3:00:00 PM
The Residential Energy Services Network Home Energy Rating System (HERS) is becoming the standard to gauge a home’s predicted energy performance. While HERS ratings have been used by energy-efficient builders for years, Kennecott Land raised the bar in mid-2011, becoming the first land developer to ask builders to get a third-party HERS score for all homes built in its Salt Lake City development: Daybreak. This TND is projected to include 20,000-units, and is about 15% complete.
According to Cameron Jackson, marketing manager for Daybreak, the company move was a success. “The topline result for why we did it at the time and why a year later we see it as a success is that it gives builders in our community a key differentiator between their new homes and existing homes.”
