Building Energy Efficient Homes Without Breaking the Bank

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Las Vegas Convention Center, South 228

Format: Building Knowledge Session
Level of Content: Intermediate
Track: High Performance & Energy Efficient Building
Continuing Education: NAHB - 1.00 CE hour(s), NKBA - 0.1 CEU(s), AIA - 1.00 LU hour(s)
Appropriate for: Designers, Architects, Engineers & Planners, Single Family - All

Speaker(s): 
Stephen Crouch, Builder Partnerships, Littleton, CO
Bill Fay, EECC, Washington, DC
Vernon McKown, Ideal Homes of Norman LLC, Norman, OK

What It’s About:
This fast-paced panel discussion will explore the different options for improving the energy efficiency of the homes you build, without adding significant costs. It will include a review of the trends in energy efficiency construction methods, how to decide how many energy efficiency features to incorporate into your standard models and difficulties in adapting to new energy codes and standards. The panel of industry professionals will also share real-life examples and present cost-effective, innovative construction and market outreach strategies that they have found to be highly successful.

What You'll Learn:
Discuss trends in the industry regarding energy efficiency and analyze the expected future trends.
Analyze where to find support for building net zero energy homes in your market that is as cost effective as possible.
Discover ways to sell high performance homes that demonstrate the lower cost of home ownership and how to make it personal to home buyers.
Explore the simple, cost effective steps that can have significant impact on your home energy rating.