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EnergyValue Housing Awards

7 projects recognized as Gold winners in the 2010 competition.

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EnergyValue Housing Awards

7 projects recognized as Gold winners in the 2010 competition.

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    Yavapai College, Residential Building Technology Program
    Chino Valley, Ariz.
    This student-built home’s orientation and design allowed for placement of windows on the south to maximize solar heat gain. This technique, in conjunction with the home’s overhangs and the concrete slab floor, maximizes thermal mass to reduce heating and cooling costs.

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    Sierra Homes
    Fredericksburg, Texas
    This passive solar, off-grid home includes no mechanical cooling system and uses only a wood stove for heating. An operable skylight in the tower can be opened for natural cooling.

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    Ferrier Custom Homes
    Fort Worth, Texas
    This 2,438-square-foot home in Cleburne, Texas, was built using SIPS for the walls and roof. It features a 19-SEER heat pump, an energy recovery ventilation system, and two electric tankless water heaters.

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    Artistic Homes
    Albuquerque, N.M.
    Production builder Artistic Homes earned kudos from the EVHA judges for building this net-zero-energy home at an affordable price point. It features a 4.62-kW PV system and solar water heating.

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    Habitat for Humanity Portland/MetroEast
    Portland, Ore.
    Built with a volunteer labor force, this project maximizes daylighting and passive solar heat gain. It features SIPs construction, a standing-seam metal roof, and blown-in fiberglass and rigid-foam insulation.

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    Nelson Construction
    Farmington, Conn.
    Boasting a 7-kW PV system, this project optimized efficiency through solar orientation and a systematic design process. Detailed planning resulted in only a 3% increase in sales price over similar, non-sustainable homes, excluding the PV system.

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    Creswell & Co.
    Pottstown, Pa.
    A mobile solar generator provided power to the jobsite during construction of this 4,142-square-foot house, which features a HERS rating of 25, an insulated precast concrete foundation, and a geothermal heating and cooling system.

From custom dwellings to affordable student-built housing, some of the nation’s most energy-efficient homes were honored last month as winners of the 2010 EnergyValue Housing Awards (EVHA).

The annual award, administered by the NAHB Research Center to challenge builders to elevate standards for energy-efficient construction and foster the adoption of energy-efficiency principles, recognized 20 companies who voluntarily incorporate energy efficiency into all aspects of new-home construction by utilizing products and technologies such as solar power and hot water, ultra-efficient building techniques, and energy-saving appliances.

Finalists were selected from three climate regions (cold, moderate, hot) and five project categories (affordable, custom/demonstration, factory-built, multifamily, production). To view the seven Gold winners, click on the slide show above. For a list of all finalists, click here.

Jennifer Goodman is Senior Editor, Online for EcoHome.