BUILDING BETTER HOMES with ENERGY STAR® new homes

You're Invited! Attend any of the upcoming ENERGY STAR New Home training sessions and receive $75 off of a two-day registration to the ENERGY STAR Summit!

ENERGY STAR New Home Programs Requirements, Building Science, and the Thermal Bypass Checklist training
September 23, 8 am--4 pm
Comfort Air Distributing
15501 E. Fremont Drive
Centennial, CO 80110

This training session will consist of two parts-a classroom session and a field study. Bring a hard hat! The classroom session will cover:

• What is ENERGY STAR, why align your homes with this program and how does it interact with other programs
• What is required to label a home ENERGY STAR
• Energy Ratings and the HERS Index score
• The components: HVAC, Insulation, Air Barriers, Windows, etc.
• Thermal Bypass Checklist: a requirement but also a tool to ensure performance
• The building science that holds it all together
• Verification and inspections

The field session will cover:

• Completed house tour
• Blower Door demonstration
• Verification needed at final
• Infrared Camera
• Rough Framing tour
• Thermal Bypass Checklist items up close and personal
• Duct Leakage testing and demonstration
• Total leakage vs. Leakage to outside

This workshop will be taught by Robby Schwarz, a principle with EnergyLogic, Inc. a Colorado based energy services organization primarily serving the residential construction industry.  In 1995 after working with a local production home builder trying to determine what of the then new green building materials could be brought into the production building environment, Robby was stung by the building science bug.  He started a company BuiltWright, Inc. which merged with EnergySmiths at the beginning of 2006 to become the largest energy rating and building consulting firm of its kind in Colorado.  Today EnergyLogic works with builders of all sizes to ensure that the high performance homes they are building truly meet their customer’s expectations.

Since the start of his career Robby has been training and educating the building industry on building science, performance, and efficiency issues.  Early on he became a trainer for E-Star Colorado and has continued training Energy Raters to this day.  He has been involved with presentations at industry conferences such as RESNET, EEBA, the Energy Star Summit, and the Colorado Chapter of the IECC.  He is an active member of the Home Builders Association and has been taped to perform trainings on the Federal Tax Credit, Insulation, and often takes part in Built Green Colorado’s University.

Please RSVP by filling out a registration form (click here) or contact Matt Thornberry at 303-216-2026 ext 103, mthornberry@SELAlliance.org

Home industry professionals who partner with EPA’s ENERGY STAR can increase revenue, enhance customer satisfaction, and gain national recognition as industry and environmental leaders. Through ENERGY STAR, builders and other home industry professionals can differentiate themselves in the market.

The Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) is working with several Colorado cities, including Denver and Parker to support the statewide construction and testing of new energy efficient single family homes built to ENERGY STAR standards. The program will also increase consumer awareness of energy efficiency options in residential new construction, and support all participating Colorado ENERGY STAR homebuilders. All certified new homes will receive the ENERGY STAR label to allow for simple identification by Colorado home buyers.

ENERGY STAR qualified homes are at least 15% more energy efficient than homes built to the 2004 International
Residential Code (IRC) and include additional energy-saving features that typically make them 20-30% more efficient than standard homes. Your home designs, layouts, and option packages need not change to incorporate energy efficiency. Builders can choose from a variety of “tried and true” energy efficiency features to meet ENERGY STAR performance guidelines.

ENERGY STAR was introduced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1992 as a voluntary, market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through increased energy efficiency. Today, ENERGY STAR offers businesses and consumers energy-efficient solutions to save energy, save money, and help protect the environment for future generations. More than 9,000 organizations are ENERGY STAR partners, committed to improving energy efficiency in homes, products, and businesses.