Partners for High Performance Homes
Partners for High Performance Homes is an informal network of
industry professionals and advocates who wish to advance
high-performing-home supply and demand in Colorado. PHPH was formed
to pursue the
vision and action items recommended by members of the
New Home Stakeholders Group convened by City of Fort Collins and
E-Star Colorado. PHPH will also look for related opportunities to
improve housing performance in the existing home market. For
more information on the Partners for High Performance Homes, contact
Susan Castellon at
scastellon@oemc.state.co.us.
High-Performing Homes
What is a “high-performing home?” The
New Home
Stakeholder Group report addresses that question in Section 3.2,
excerpted here:
"As used throughout the NHSG process and this report, the term
‘high-performing home’ describes a home that offers a package of
benefits compared with a conventionally built new home:
- Better comfort
- Healthier indoor air
- Longer durability
- Lower energy bills
“The high-performing homes concept has evolved out of the U.S.
Department of Energy’s
Building America program. This building-science-based research
program has demonstrated the feasibility of building homes that
deliver these benefits. It has also demonstrated that, with
practice, builders who use a “whole-house” or “systems” approach to
design and construction can build homes like this for a moderate
cost increase (1%-2%) compared with conventional new homes. More
than 25,000 homes offering these benefits have now been built, in
many regions of the United States. Many of these homes have measured
energy use that is 30% to 50% lower than in comparable new homes
built with conventional approaches.
“It’s important to note that no consensus definition yet exists
regarding the details of what can be considered a high-performing
home. In this report, ‘high-performing home’ is not intended to
signify a definition, recipe or brand; instead it should be thought
of as generic performance criteria in the four areas of comfort,
durability, indoor air quality, and lower energy use.”
Section 3.2 of the
NHSG report
includes sidebars describing examples of methods used to design and
build high-performing homes, the economics of such homes, and one
Colorado organization’s working definition for a “high performance
home.”
Next Meeting
- Tri-State
Thursday,
September 15th, 1pm - 4pm
Meeting Notes
Speaker Presentations - June 23rd Meeting
Meeting Minutes
Partners for High Performance Homes
Contact List (Excel)
PHPH Progress Matrix (Excel)
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