Workshop on High Performance Homes
Phoenix, AZ

On May 7, 2008, SWEEP held a workshop in Phoenix, Arizona on constructing and selling high performance homes, including Net-Zero Energy homes that produce as much energy as they consume on annual basis. The workshop attracted nearly 70 participants from across Arizona, including homebuilders, energy efficiency and renewable energy consultants, electric and natural gas utilities, state and local officials. The workshop provided a forum for the participants to discuss the features, cost and performance of high performance homes, and to develop strategies for increasing the adoption of more efficient homebuilding practices in Arizona. The workshop was sponsored by Arizona Public Service, Salt River Project, and Tucson Electric Power.

Presentations highlighted the features and costs of high performance homes, technical assistance resources available for homebuilders, incentives and utility programs, and emerging programs, such as the U.S Green Building Council’s LEED for Homes Rating System. The Arizona homebuilder panel presented four case studies of high performance home projects in Arizona built by custom, small, and large production homebuilders.

Below you will find links to workshop materials and presentations.
For additional information about the workshop, please contact SWEEP at info@swenergy.org.

Materials List

• Agenda
• Speaker Biographies
• Utility Incentives for Builders
• Information Resources on High Performance Homes for Arizona

Workshop Presentations

• Welcome and Introduction to High Performance Homes
  Jeff Schlegel, SWEEP Arizona Representative
   
• Introduction to High Performance Homes: Designs, Features and Costs
  Rob Hammon, DOE Building America Program / BIRA
   
• High Performance Homes: Arizona Case Studies
   
  • High Performance Homes: Pulte Home’s Experience
    Sean Terrell, Pulte Homes (no presentation slides)
  • Bringing High Performance Building into the Mainstream
    Richard Barna, Pepper Viner Homes
  • Armory Park del Sol: An Energy Efficient Development
    John Wesley Miller, John Wesley Miller Companies
  • William Ryan Homes Arizona, Inc.
    Corbett McCallum (no presentation slides)
     
• Utility Programs and Incentives for Homebuilders
   
  • APS ENERGY STAR Homes Program
    Tom Hines, Arizona Public Service
  • SRP PowerWise Homes
    Kim Humphrey, Salt River Project
  • High Performance Homes
    Linda Douglas-Worthey, Tucson Electric Power
  • The Natural Choice: Demand Side Management Programs in Arizona
    Brian O’Donnell, Southwest Gas Corporation
     
• Residential Solar Workshop
  Tom Alston, Solar Alliance
   
• Putting the Pieces Together: Incentives for High Performance Homes in Arizona
  Steve Dunn, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
   
• LEED for Homes in Arizona
  Mark Wilhelm, Secretary, USGBC, Central Arizona Chapter
   
• LEED for Homes
  Richard Zimmerman, Sonoran LEED for Homes

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Last Updated: 05/20/2008