The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has recognized three home builders and three energy raters with awards for excellence in building New York Energy Star Homes during 2010 and 2011. New York Energy Star Homes are new homes designed to consume less energy than the typical house built to New York […]
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has recognized three home builders and three energy raters with awards for excellence in building New York Energy Star Homes during 2010 and 2011.
New York Energy Star Homes are new homes designed to consume less energy than the typical house built to New York State Energy Conservation Construction Code while keeping temperatures consistent, NYSERDA says.
NYSERDA explains that the New York Energy Star Homes program is part of a strategy to transform markets in many sectors of the economy to decrease energy consumption. The program includes builders who construct homes to meet energy-efficiency requirements and independent home-energy rating companies that evaluate the plans and the completed homes through computer-based, energy-analysis inspection, certification, and testing. The homes can be either market-rate or low- to moderate-income housing.
Statewide, New York Energy Star Homes awards were made to the following contractors at the recent Affordable Comfort Inc. (ACI) conference in Saratoga Springs.
Ryan Homes, of Pittsford, Buffalo, and Syracuse, and MIG Building Systems, of East Rochester, won the “Outstanding Market-Rate Housing Builder/Rater Collaboration” award for building and rating 934 market-rate homes in 2010 and 2011, the highest number of New York Energy Star homes constructed during that timeframe by any builder/rater team.
Housing Visions Consultants Inc. and EnTech, both of Syracuse, won the “Outstanding Affordable Housing Builder/Rater Collaboration” award for delivering quality low- to moderate-income housing and for striving to find new ways to improve each project in 2010 and 2011, NYSERDA says. During that two-year timeframe, this team built and rated 307 New York Energy Star homes for income-qualified New York households.
Maranno Marc Equity Corporation, of West Seneca, and Northwind Insulation, of Orchard Park, won the “Excellence in Energy Performance Builder/Rater Collaboration” award for demonstrating both high production and, based on the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) scores of their homes, outstanding commitment to quality in 2010 and 2011. This team built 122 New York Energy Star homes during that two-year timeframe.
NYSERDA, a public-benefit corporation, says it offers information and analysis, programs, technical expertise, and funding to help increase energy efficiency, save money, use renewable energy, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
ACI is a nonprofit organization, providing information, education, and best practices in residential-building construction known as home performance and weatherization.
