Case Studies

Case study describing a deep energy renovation of a home in Florida.

Case study describing David Weekley Homes, and how by working with Building America and the Building Science Corporation, they been able to build tighter more energy efficient homes and pass the benefits along to customers.

Case study describing Ferrier Custom Homes’ “Zero-Energy Casita” project, a new construction utilizing SIPS to achieve a HERS score of 30.

Case study describing a new home construction project in the hot-humid climate.

Case study describing 100 homes constructed post Hurricane Katrina and the techniques and materials being employed to achieve energy efficiency

Case study describing a new home construction project in the hot-humid climate, part of a project building 100 new homes after hurricane Katrina.

Case study describing a new home construction project in the hot-humid climate.

Case study describing a new home construction project in the hot-humid climate.

Case study describing a new home construction project in the hot-humid climate.

Case study describing the processes behind the building of the homes making up the Callaway Gardens community, as well as the challenges brought out due to it's proximity to nature and homebuyers not valuing energy efficiency until they've experienced it.

Case study describing a new home construction project in the hot-humid climate.

Case study describing how in 2010, Tommy Williams Homes built 36 houses that all achieved HERS scores below 60, this was achieved by partnering with an energy consulting firm and Building America.

Case study describing William Ryan Homes and their achievement of reducing whole house source energy use by 40% and receiving HERS scores of 65 to 70 by utilizing high efficiency heat pumps with engineered duct design.

Case study describing one builder's conversion to high-performance building in the hot-humid regions of the Atlantic seaboard.

Case study describing a new building project that partnered with Habitat for Humanity.

Case study describing a new construction project in North Carolina.

Case study describing a new home builder that strives to address health, safety, and durability issues in a hot and humid climate.

Case study describing a new construction project in Florida with a HERS score of 15.

Case study describing two new construction projects in Florida built to be net zero energy homes.

Case study describing a production builder that achieves HERS scores of 60, compared to 85 for other builders that build new homes to Florida code.

Case study describing how heat pump water heaters can be cost-effective alternatives to traditional electric resistance water heaters.

Case study describing techniques used to prevent thermal bypass in new homes.

Case study describing the retrofit of a leaky air handler.