Indoor airPLUS

Indoor airPLUS Leader Award Winners

Indoor airPLUS 2016 Leader Award PlaqueThe Indoor airPLUS Leader Awards were created to recognize and reward Indoor airPLUS Program partners who construct and verify Indoor airPLUS homes designed and built for improved indoor air quality. This annual award recognizes market leading organizations who promote safer, healthier and more comfortable indoor environments by participating with Indoor airPLUS and offering enhanced indoor air quality protections for their new homebuyers.

In 2014, the program introduced the first awards for the Builder category, in addition to the Home Energy Raters that have previously been eligible. The Affordable Builder award category was added in 2016 to specially recognize builders of income-eligible housing.

Congratulations to the 2016 Indoor airPLUS Leader Award Winners!


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Builders

Large Builder Winners

Fulton Homes, Tempe, AZ

Fulton HomesFulton Homes is being recognized for the second year in a row as an Indoor airPLUS Leader for their strong commitment to building homes with improved indoor air quality. This Arizona builder is committed to building 100% of their homes to Indoor airPLUS. They take full advantage of the marketing and sales resources provided by the program, including training their sales team using the Indoor airPLUS Sales Training Kit. Fulton Homes has also been an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year award winner the past two years.

Mandalay Homes, Phoenix, AZ

Mandalay CommunitiesMandalay Homes is a 100% committed Indoor airPLUS homebuilder and promotes improved indoor air quality throughout all aspects of their sales and marketing strategies. Prominently displaying the Indoor airPLUS Program marks in their model homes and sales center, Mandalay Homes has been able to plainly describe the features and benefits of living in an Indoor airPLUS home to their buyers. This is Mandalay Homes’ second Indoor airPLUS Leader Award, and they have also received the DOE’s Housing Innovation Award in both 2014 and 2015.

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Small Builder Winners

C&B Construction, Cottonwood, AZ

C&B ConstructionC&B Construction, known also as Grey Fox Ridge, is a strong supporter of the Indoor airPLUS Program and is the first Indoor airPLUS builder partner to be awarded with the Leader Award three years in a row. They have built 100% of their homes as Indoor airPLUS since 2014 and regularly engage with their market to communicate the benefits that come with the Indoor airPLUS label. They regularly train their sales staff and have invited industry professionals to educate their staff on the technologies used in their homes. C&B Construction also proudly displays the Indoor airPLUS logo in their marketing collateral as well as in their model homes.

Greenhill Contracting, Esopus, NY

Greenhill Contracting, Builder of Zero Energy HomesGreenhill Contracting, a first time Indoor airPLUS Leader Award recipient, is committed to building 100% of their homes to the Indoor airPLUS Construction Specifications. They regularly include the Indoor airPLUS logo on their marketing and sales pieces. Greenhill Contracting is also a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home builder and a recipient of the DOE Housing Innovations Award.

Thrive Home Builders, Denver, CO

Thrive Home BuildersThrive Home Builders, formerly New Town Builders, is a first-time Indoor airPLUS Leader Award Winner. Starting in June 2016, Thrive Home Builders has committed to labeling 100% of their homes as Indoor airPLUS. Thrive Homes Builders is also a Zero Energy Ready Home builder and has received the DOE Housing Innovation Award annually since 2013. They understand the importance of education and create “Building Science Centers” in their sales offices that highlight the features and benefits of the energy efficiency and improved indoor air quality found in all of their homes.

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Affordable Builder Winner

Habitat for Humanity–Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO

Habitat for Humanity St LouisHabitat for Humanity—Saint Louis is being awarded the Indoor airPLUS Leader Award for the second year in a row. Previously awarded as a small builder, they are the first recipient in the new Affordable Builder category. This Habitat affiliate has been a strong advocate for improved indoor air quality for many years and regularly provides education and training to the volunteers and organizations that work on their homes. Habitat for Humanity—Saint Louis also highlights their Indoor airPLUS partnership by displaying the program logo on signage and collateral materials at special events and by participating in conference presentations describing their construction process.

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Raters

Integral Building and Design, New Paltz, NY

Integral Building and DesignIntegral Building and Design has been a strong Indoor airPLUS partner and was previously awarded the Indoor airPLUS Leader Award in 2014. With goals of inspiring all of their ENERGY STAR builder partners to construct every one of their homes to meet the Indoor airPLUS Construction Specifications, Integral Building and Design understands the value and importance of providing improved indoor air quality in homes. They also recognize the importance of indoor air quality in the affordable housing sector and have worked with affordable developers in adding Indoor airPLUS to their construction strategies and community development plans.

ASERusa, St. Louis, MO

ASERusaASERusa has been an Indoor airPLUS champion and has received the Leader Award the past 7 years. ASERusa does a great job educating their builder partners of the value of the Indoor airPLUS program and the benefits of providing improved indoor air quality to their clients, in addition to offering a suite of other national green building programs. Their ongoing education and dedication to providing premium services distinguish them as a leader in the rating industry.

E3 Energy, LLC, Flagstaff, AZ

E3 Energy, a Building Science CompanyE3 Energy continues to be a strong supporter and participant with Indoor airPLUS and has been awarded the Indoor airPLUS Leader Award annually since its inception in 2010. E3 Energy is passionate about educating their clients about the benefits of healthier indoor environments. With a commitment to making Indoor airPLUS standard practice in their market, E3 Energy highlights the program prominently on their website and offers valuable in-person assistance to their builder clients.

Energy Inspectors, Las Vegas, NV

Energy InspectorsEnergy Inspectors is a strong proponent of improved indoor air quality that understands, and can effectively communicate, its value to builder partners. They regularly provide training to sales managers and teams and assist their clients in developing marketing materials and homeowner manuals. Energy Inspectors understands the growing market and the increasing attention placed on improving air quality within homes, and as the highest reporting Indoor airPLUS Rater in 2016, they are well positioned to continue to lead the industry in this effort. Energy Inspectors was also recognized with the Leader Award in 2011 and 2014.

Steven Winter Associates, Inc., Norwalk, CT

Steven Winter Associates, Inc.Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA) is a dedicated Indoor airPLUS partner and is being awarded the Leader Award for the fifth consecutive year. SWA has shown their commitment to the program by ensuring that Indoor airPLUS is included during each ENERGY STAR program kick-off meeting, and that the importance of IAQ is brought to the table during design charrettes. They also assist their builder partners in translating the Indoor airPLUS Construction Specifications into consumer benefits and help them communicate the value with their homebuyers.

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Congratulations to the 2015 Indoor airPLUS Leader Award Winners!


Builders

Corporate Builder Winner

KB Home, Los Angeles, CA

KB Home

KB Home KB Home is dedicated to expanding improved indoor air quality in many of the markets they serve. KB Home has capitalized on interactive web tools with their eDifference campaign to highlight indoor air quality, while making use of Indoor airPLUS logos and messaging in numerous marketing resources and collateral. KB Home has also integrated Indoor airPLUS messaging into their internal sales training courses with multiple divisions. KB Home is not only a Sustained Excellence winner for ENERGY STAR's Partner of the Year, but they are also the first national corporate builder to win EPA's Indoor airPLUS Leader Award.

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Medium/Large Builder Winners

Fulton Homes, Tempe, AZ

Fulton Homes

Fulton Homes Fulton Homes has taken advantage of Indoor airPLUS marketing material and messaging, placing Indoor airPLUS logos in their sales offices and using the Indoor airPLUS co-brandable consumer brochure to point out specific features for clients. This progressive Arizona builder has recently committed to building 100% of their homes to Indoor airPLUS and understands the importance of walking their consumers through the building process. Fulton Homes has shown that they are an Indoor airPLUS Leader in a strong ENERGY STAR market.

Mandalay Communities, Phoenix, AZ

Mandalay Communities

Mandalay Communities Mandalay Communities, Inc. is an active and 100% committed Indoor airPLUS homebuilder. Building to many green and high performance home program specifications, including DOE's Zero Energy Ready Home Program, they showcase their commitment to improved indoor air quality by using Indoor airPLUS as a foundation for their standard building practices. Mandalay Communities, Inc. uses Indoor airPLUS regularly trains their sales staff and Customer Care team to communicate the benefits of improved indoor air quality through Indoor airPLUS. They are the first builder to receive both the DOE's Housing Innovation Award and the Indoor airPLUS Leader Award.

Schell Brothers, Rehoboth Beach, DE

Schnell Brothers

Schell Brothers Schell Brothers reported the largest number of Indoor airPLUS qualified homes in 2014, showing a clear commitment to the Indoor airPLUS Program and to improving indoor air quality for consumers. Their extensive and aesthetically pleasing marketing resources prominently display the Indoor airPLUS logo and messaging. Utilizing advanced MERV 14 filtration with their HVAC systems, Schell Brothers is committed to offering homes with improved indoor air quality. They are also building a number of homes to the ICC-700 National Green Building Standard, showcasing the opportunity for builders to move toward green building practices with multiple nationally-recognized labels.

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Small Builder Winners

C&B Construction, Cottonwood, AZ

C and B Construction

C&B Construction Having labeled 100% of their ENERGY STAR homes as Indoor airPLUS in 2014, C&B Construction is the first builder to win the Indoor airPLUS Leader Award two years in a row. They regularly communicate the benefits of Indoor airPLUS qualified homes to potential buyers and have spoken to community groups and at Realtor trainings about high performance building with Indoor airPLUS. C&B also regularly uses the Indoor airPLUS logo in their marketing collateral, displaying it on billboards, flyers, and in their model homes, as well as advertising their partnership in radio ads.

Charles Thomas Homes, Elkhorn, NE

Charles Thomas Homes

Charles Thomas Homes Charles Thomas Homes is a committed Indoor airPLUS partner, actively marketing the program to homebuyers. Their extensive suite of marketing including yard signs, weekly newspaper ads, and the artwork on their company truck prominently displays the Indoor airPLUS logo and their commitment to building healthier homes. Their website also includes excellent video testimonials from homebuyers who, having children with asthma, have placed a high priority on indoor air quality. Charles Thomas Homes showcases Indoor airPLUS in their model home and uses the opportunity to show consumers behind-the-wall features and benefits because, as their motto states, "what you can't see matters."

Habitat for Humanity–St. Louis

Habitat for Humanity St Louis

Habitat for Humanity-St. Louis This affordable builder in Saint Louis, MO is a champion of Indoor airPLUS in their market, and 100% of their homes in 2014 were Indoor airPLUS qualified. Habitat for Humanity-Saint Louis regularly provides training to the volunteers and organizations that work on their homes, highlighting the benefits of improved indoor air quality associated with Indoor airPLUS. They also have presented at conferences and participated in webinars to showcase their participation in the Indoor airPLUS Program and to share best practices with other builders.

Kettler Forlines, Montgomery Village, MD

Kettler Forlines

Kettler Forlines Kettler Forlines has been an Indoor airPLUS program champion for a number of years. Their extensive marketing material prominently displays the Indoor airPLUS logo, including road-front signage at their model home. They have also utilized the Indoor airPLUS co-brandable brochure for consumer collateral. Kettler Forlines understands the importance of how to message improved indoor air quality to their consumers and use the Indoor airPLUS checklist to walk consumers through benefits not easily visible in the home.

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Raters

ASERusa, St. Louis, MO

ASERusa

ASERusa has been an Indoor airPLUS champion and a recurring Leader Award winner due to their ongoing education efforts and program participation. ASERusa strives to market the Indoor airPLUS label to architects whenever possible. They also do a great job educating their builder clients and promoting Indoor airPLUS as a valuable option to sell an indoor air quality label alongside other national green building programs. ASERusa has also coordinated well with affordable builders such as Habitat for Humanity-St. Louis to help make them one of the premier affordable builders among Habitat affiliates nationwide.

E3 Energy, LLC, Flagstaff, AZ

E3 Energy

E3 Energy is a recurring Leader Award winner due to their continued strong participation and promotion of Indoor airPLUS. E3 Energy is passionate about educating their clients about the benefits of healthier indoor environments. They provide videos and various other resources for homeowners and sales agents to convey the benefits of building and purchasing an Indoor airPLUS qualified home. They continue to show a strong commitment to making Indoor airPLUS standard practice in their market.

Energy Inspectors, Las Vegas, NV

Energy Inspectors

Energy Inspectors has demonstrated that they are a champion of Indoor airPLUS in the markets they serve. Energy Inspectors feels strongly that the importance of indoor air quality is gaining more attention in the market and seeks to help builders leverage the Indoor airPLUS brand. Their team regularly holds training sessions for builder partners to explore the specifications and benefits associated with Indoor airPLUS and to help builders gain new value propositions.

Steven Winter Associates, Inc., Norwalk, CT

Steven Winter Associates, Inc.

With offices in New York, Washington, DC and Connecticut, Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA) has been a long-time dedicated Indoor airPLUS partner and is a recurring Leader Award winner. They have shown a commitment to showcasing the benefits of Indoor airPLUS by helping their builders translate the Indoor airPLUS Construction Specifications into consumer benefits. Steven Winter Associates showcases their participation in the Indoor airPLUS Program through various press releases, program summaries, and conference presentations, increasing the visibility of the label for consumers and builders alike.

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2014 Indoor airPLUS Leader Award Winners


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Builders

Please join us in congratulating the following builders, recognized by EPA as leaders in building homes that offer their occupants higher quality indoor air.

Foxwood Builders, Inc.

Foxwood BuildersFoxwood Builders, a leading Indoor airPLUS builder in the Triangle region of North Carolina.
  • Foxwood Builders, Inc. believes their commitment to building all homes to qualify for the Indoor airPLUS label gives them a unique selling point to prospective customers. As such, their company is committed to building 100% EPA Indoor airPLUS qualified homes.
  • Foxwood Builders, Inc. educates and trains local realtors on the benefits of Indoor airPLUS homes and proudly displays "We Sell EPA Indoor airPLUS Qualified Homes" signage in front of their homes.

Palo Duro Homes, Inc.

Palo Duro HomesPalo Duro Homes, a leading Indoor airPLUS builder in New Mexico and southern Colorado.
  • Palo Duro Homes, Inc. has continually been a champion of the Indoor airPLUS Program and one of the leading Indoor airPLUS builder partners.
  • The sales team at Palo Duro Homes, Inc. utilizes every opportunity to introduce the Indoor airPLUS Program to potential homebuyers and educates their clients about the benefits of improved indoor air quality.

C&B Construction

C and B ConstructionBill and Laurie Bullock of C&B Construction with their 2014 Indoor airPLUS Leader Award.
  • After the 2008 housing crisis, C&B Construction leveraged the ENERGY STAR Certified Homes and Indoor airPLUS Programs to help sustain their business and community and eventually lead the way in offering “Quality with Efficiency in Mind” in Northern Arizona.
  • In 2013, C&B Construction labeled 100% of their ENERGY STAR certified homes as Indoor airPLUS. Their company places special emphasis on collaborating with their Rater and educating their sales staff to communicate the benefits of Indoor airPLUS to their homebuyers.

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Verifiers

Please join us in congratulating the following Verification Organizations, recognized by EPA as leaders in the promotion, testing, and verification of homes that offer their occupants higher quality indoor air.

Integral Building & Design, Inc.

Integral Building and DesignFrom left to right: Vinny Vivenzio (IB&D), Pasquale Strocchia (IB&D), Anthony Aebi (of Greenhill Contracting), Glen Widjeskog (IB&D) and Dan Dabrosk (IB&D) with their 2014 Indoor airPLUS Leader Award.
  • Finding that many homeowners were particularly concerned with both energy efficiency and indoor air quality (IAQ), Integral Building & Design discovered that the Indoor airPLUS Program is a great complement to the ENERGY STAR Certified Homes Program and a cost-effective way to improve IAQ in new homes.
  • Integral Building & Design believes that Indoor airPLUS has grown their competencies and improved their marketability, helping to increase demand for their Rating services. The company also promotes the Indoor airPLUS Program as part of their training program which is offered to building professionals.

Steven Winter Associates, Inc.

Steven Winter Associates, Inc.Members of the Steven Winter team with their 2014 Indoor airPLUS Leader Award.
  • Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA) believes the Indoor airPLUS Construction Specifications and checklist are essential tools for project teams in designing and implementing indoor air quality strategies. As such, the company holds joint design and construction strategy team meetings to address indoor air quality.
  • Steven Winter Associates, Inc. actively highlights harmonies and opportunities for partnership among the Indoor airPLUS Program and other residential green-labeling programs, including ENERGY STAR Certified Homes. As a committed Indoor airPLUS Rater, Steven Winter Associates is a repeat Leader Award winner.

AESRusa

HERS Rater Eric Munie of ASERusaHERS Rater Eric Munie of ASERusa with the 2014 Indoor airPLUS Leader Award.
  • ASERusa has been an Indoor airPLUS champion and a recurring winner due to their ongoing promotional efforts and program participation.
  • This leading Rater has found that the Indoor airPLUS Program has allowed them to expand their offerings and bring in more business.
  • ASERusa employs the method of program laddering to emphasize the value of energy efficiency and indoor air quality within the context of green building. ASERusa works with architects and builders throughout the home design and construction phases to emphasize the Indoor airPLUS Program criteria.

E3 Energy

The E3 Energy team with their 2014 Indoor airPLUS Leader Award.The E3 Energy team with their 2014 Indoor airPLUS Leader Award.
  • E3 Energy has been a continued Indoor airPLUS Program champion and a repeat Leader Award winner.
  • E3 Energy effectively works in their market to encourage current builder clients to participate in offering enhanced indoor air quality to their customers.
  • Helping builders create Indoor airPLUS Program displays in model homes and provide educational content for consumers, E3 Energy goes above and beyond in helping their clients sell high-quality homes to their customers.

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Congratulations to the 2013 Indoor airPLUS Leaders


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ASERusa, St. Louis, MO

Service areas (based on ENERGY STAR home reports): AZ, FL, IL, MO

ASERusa is located in St. Louis, Missouri and currently incorporates the Indoor airPLUS program into all of their presentations and job bids, as well as their ASERusa brochure, website and job orders. ASERusa specializes in the support of national building programs. Their team has been successful with Indoor airPLUS due to their willingness to educate builders and consumers on the additional comfort that Indoor airPLUS delivers. ASERusa frames Indoor airPLUS as an easy step up from ENERGY STAR that delivers significant benefits to the consumer in improved indoor air quality. ASERusa makes pricing and cost analysis a priority when discussing the program with builders. When a builder knows what costs to expect, they are better able to make informed decisions and build Indoor airPLUS with confidence.

E3 Energy, Flagstaff, AZ

Service areas (based on ENERGY STAR home reports): AZ, CO, NM, PR

E3 Energy, an ENERGY STAR Partner since 2005, has significant experience helping builders construct modern, tight homes. As a dedicated Indoor airPLUS Partner and recurring award winner, they are able to sell Indoor airPLUS as an ideal way to build additional security in those tight homes. By controlling fresh air and minimizing pollutants in the home, E3 Energy and their builder partners can promote their Indoor airPLUS labeled homes as higher-performing, more durable and healthier for the occupants.

Steven Winter Associates, Inc., Norwalk, CT

Service areas (based on ENERGY STAR home reports): CT, DC, DE, MA, NJ, NY, PA, RI

With offices in New York, Washington, DC and Connecticut, Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA) provides not only third-party verification, but also consulting and advisory services for Indoor airPLUS builders. Their success with Indoor airPLUS stems from their work with builders in leveraging a preliminary design review before construction. SWA introduces Indoor airPLUS early in their process by incorporating the program in project kickoff meetings and educating their clients about the key features and benefits that the program provides: increased indoor air quality and increased durability.

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Congratulations to the 2012 Indoor airPLUS Leaders

Please join us in congratulating the 2012 Indoor airPLUS Leaders — all of which are among the Rater partners that verified and reported the most Indoor airPLUS certified homes in 2011.


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ASERusa, St. Louis, MO

ASERusa is located in St. Louis, Missouri and currently incorporates the Indoor airPLUS program into all of their presentations and job bids, as well as their ASERusa brochure, website, and job orders. ASERusa is committed to promoting Indoor airPLUS because the program helps to grow business by offering additional quality measures to new homes and it delivers the performance verification clients are looking for. In ASERusa's experience, builders like the additional features that Indoor airPLUS offers beyond ENERGY STAR Home Program and like to use the program as their path to Section-EQ of LEED for Homes Program.

E3 Energy, Flagstaff, AZ

Indoor airPLUS has helped to position E3 Energy as an indoor air quality and energy efficiency leader in the southwest home building industry. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, E3 Energy prides themselves on successfully applying the principles and specifications of the Indoor airPLUS program to new construction and, as much as possible, to existing homes. E3 Energy offers the program to every new contractor they work with and presents the program as the missing link between energy efficiency and healthy homes. In their experience, builders appreciate the ability to provide healthier homes to their clients with Indoor airPLUS, and train their sales associates to help promote the program.

Steven Winter Associates, Inc.

With offices in New York, Washington, DC and Connecticut, Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA) provides research, consulting and advisory services to improve commercial, residential and multifamily built environments for private and public sector clients. They use Indoor airPLUS to help educate building and design professionals about improving durability and indoor air quality in new homes. SWA engineers have found that it is easy to convey the importance of the specifications to the builders they work with by leveraging the design review process as an opportunity to explain the program and encourage builders to add Indoor airPLUS to their best practices. In SWA's experience, builders appreciate the simplicity of the checklist and construction specifications, and like the added confidence that callbacks will be reduced by adding the Indoor airPLUS label.

TexEnergy Solutions, Irving, TX

TexEnergy Solutions is based in Irving, Texas. They believe that Indoor airPLUS has helped grow their business because the program has a basic practicality that is easily translated to builders and homeowners. In fact, they find that simply explaining the money-saving benefits of the program's features to builders and customers is the easiest way to communicate its value and sell the program. TexEnergy Solutions strongly encourages combining Indoor airPLUS with other certification programs and sees Indoor airPLUS as an additional opportunity that will help to improve their homebuilder client's business prospects in the future. In their experience, builders like the easy to understand features and benefits of Indoor airPLUS, and the clear cost/benefits of the program for buyers. In a world of increasing concern about the quality of air we breathe, they consider Indoor airPLUS a superior offering.

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Congratulations to the 2011 Indoor airPLUS Leaders

Group photo of HERS 2011 Winners
From left to right: Francisco Reina, Lightly Treading; Tom Mahoney, EERA; Gary Fries, ASERusa; Eric Werling, EPA; Justin Erickson, E3 Energy; James Brauer, TexEnergy; Tim Bethel (from Alliance Energy Audit on behalf of energysmart.us.com); John Gillett, Energy Inspectors; Building Energy, Inc. (not pictured)

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Energy Inspectors

Energy Inspectors is a residential energy efficiency consulting, home energy rating and residential construction quality assurance company with offices in Nevada, California, Arizona and Utah. Energy Inspectors rates homes in 18 states and currently works with over 320 custom home builders, certifying homes throughout the West.

Building Energy, Inc.

Building Energy, Inc, based in Idaho, has over 32 years of experience as a full service energy conservation company. Building Energy specializes in auditing and retro-fitting commercial, industrial and residential buildings.

energysmart.us.com

energysmart.us.com is an energy focused technical organization based in Arlington, Texas. The company offers its customers a variety of services from thermal imaging for efficiency assessment and predictive maintenance to residential energy auditing and commercial benchmarking.

TexEnergy Solutions

TexEmergy Solutions was founded in 2002 and specializes in whole house building science, energy, environmental, comfort and indoor air quality issues. TexEnergy is a HERS Rater and Provider, and services the North Texas.

E3 Energy

E3 Energy was created in 2002 in response to an increasing demand for effective building science tools and green construction practices. E3 Energy is committed to working with and educating private home-owners about lifestyles and building practices that improve the health and energy efficiency of their homes. E3 Energy services the Flagstaff area of Arizona.

Energy and Environmental Ratings Alliance (EERA)

EERA is a HERS Provider organization based in Manhattan, Kansas, but operates in 26 states across the country. EERA offers a full range of home diagnostic services to its clients and provides raters professional development and continuous training options.

ASERusa

ASERusa is based in St. Louis, Missouri and specializes in building science and technology design, field verification and program rating services for National Building Performance Programs. More specifically, ASERusa offers Indoor Air Quality Design and verification and rating services to clients throughout the country.

Lightly Treading

Lightly Treading is based in Denver, Colorado, and educates homeowners, builders, building science professionals and community members about energy efficiency and improved comfort in new and existing homes and small commercial buildings. Lightly Treading offers energy audits, HERS ratings, energy efficiency workshops, training certifications and system specific diagnostic testing.

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Congratulations to the 2010 Indoor airPLUS HERS Leaders

Group photo of HERS 2010 Winners
Damien Flattery (on behalf of Gary Fries, ASERusa); Kelly Parker, GWS Systems; Paul Kreisher, Lightly Treading; Rob Salcido, Architectural Energy Corporation; Tom Mahoney, Energy and Environmental Ratings Alliance; Justin Erickson, E3 Energy; Davis Energy Group (not pictured).

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EPA had its first Indoor airPLUS recognition ceremony at RESNET's 2010 Building Performance Conference held Feb. 22-24, in Raleigh, N.C. The Indoor airPLUS program recognized seven verifier partners for outstanding leadership in verifying and promoting Indoor airPLUS certified homes. Out of 148 Indoor airPLUS verifier partners, these seven organizations led the way in certifying the most Indoor airPLUS homes. Their efforts are helping to create healthier and greener homes, advanced indoor air quality in residential construction and provide the many benefits that Indoor airPLUS qualified homes offer to homeowners and families.

"The third party verification of the Indoor airPLUS label is huge, and that third party validation helps generate revenue for the raters. It also provides the builder with someone to take a look at each of those components making sure that those elements of Indoor airPLUS have been third party verified. If they are not involved with the program then they are missing an opportunity. Missing that opportunity means that you are not able to provide more services, so you've lost revenue." Kelly Parker, GWS Oklahoma.

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