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The proccess for building a prototype of a high-performance home encourages ongoing interaction with the energy rater, engineer, architect, and HVAC contractor (Source: PNNL).

The proccess for building a prototype of a high-performance home encourages ongoing interaction with the energy rater, engineer, architect, and HVAC contractor (Source: PNNL).
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These apartments built by Haynes Construction in Meriden, Connecticut, achieved certification to both the U.S. Department of Energy’s Zero Energy Ready Home Program and the Passive House Institute U.S. and were funded as affordable housing.

These apartments built by Haynes Construction in Meriden, Connecticut, achieved certification to both the U.S. Department of Energy’s Zero Energy Ready Home Program and the Passive House Institute U.S. and were funded as affordable housing.
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These townhomes built by Haynes Construction in Meriden, Connecticut, achieved certification to both the U.S. Department of Energy’s Zero Energy Ready Home Program and the Passive House Institute U.S. and were funded as affordable housing.

These townhomes built by Haynes Construction in Meriden, Connecticut, achieved certification to both the U.S. Department of Energy’s Zero Energy Ready Home Program and the Passive House Institute U.S. and were funded as affordable housing.
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This home bears a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home label on its front window next to the ENERGY STAR window label.

This home bears a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home label on its front window next to the ENERGY STAR window label.
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This Project Home Again home in New Orleans by Green Coast Enterprises, used simplified home plans and value engineering to provide affordable, hurricane- and flood-resistant homes in Louisianna.

This Project Home Again home in New Orleans by Green Coast Enterprises, used simplified home plans and value engineering to provide affordable, hurricane- and flood-resistant homes in Louisiana.
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Unfaced fiberglass batt insulation is installed to completely fill the wall cavities and is sliced to fit around wiring, piping, and other obstructions in the wall cavities

Unfaced fiberglass batt insulation is installed to completely fill the wall cavities and is sliced to fit around wiring, piping, and other obstructions in the wall cavities
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What’s New with Indoor airPLUS Version 2: What Builders and Verifiers Need to Know

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Window does not meet 2009 IECC requirements

Window does not meet 2009 IECC requirements
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Window meets 2009 IECC requirements

Window meets 2009 IECC requirements
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Wrong – Compression and misalignment because insulation is not split around plumbing

Wrong – Compression and misalignment because insulation is not split around plumbing
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Wrong – Compression and misalignment because insulation is not split around wires

Wrong – Compression and misalignment because insulation is not split around wires
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Wrong – Insulation has misalignment, compression, and gaps

Wrong – Insulation has misalignment, compression, and gaps
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Wrong – Spray foam installed with voids

Wrong – Spray foam installed with voids
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Wrong – Window does not meet ENERGY STAR requirements

Wrong – Window does not meet ENERGY STAR requirements
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Zero Energy Ready Home Training

Zero Energy Ready Home Training