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GREEN HOME OF

THE YEAR AWARDS

2022

SOMETIMES, THE OLD ADAGE “LOCATION, LOCATION,
BY GREEN BUIDLER STAFF LOCATION” MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. The 2022
Green Home of the Year winners offer the right perks:
they’re environmentally friendly, well constructed, energy
efficient and creatively designed. But our grand winner
topped them all thanks to its sustainable new “old look”
within an existing neighborhood.
Our expert panel of judges evaluated projects in terms of
overall sustainability, resilience, synergy with the
environment and surrounding neighborhood, affordability,
creativity and the depth of science employed. Here are
their choices for the most exemplary and imaginative
green homes of 2022.

THE JUDGES

JUAN M. FERNANDEZ founded CVF
Homes in 2005, focusing on infill development,
and building energy- and water-efficient homes
with great design. CVF Homes certifies 100
percent of its homes to the U.S. Department of CAROL ORONA was born and raised in New
Energy (DOE) Zero Energy Ready Home Program. Mexico. She is a creative and innovative
It is a proud winner of DOE’s Housing Innovation architectural designer specializing in green high STEVE BYERS is the CEO of EnergyLogic, an
Award in 2019 and Honorable Mention in 2020. performance and passive solar adobe applied building science company based in
CVF Homes is a member of Build San Antonio construction. She holds bachelor’s and master’s Colorado, with offices across Colorado and in
Green and has received multiple sustainability degrees in architecture from the University of Hawaii. He is a graduate of the United States Air
awards from the city. New Mexico, and has a passion for uniting the Force Academy and has been involved with building
Fernandez is a member of Energy and art of architecture with the science of building. science since 1993.
Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA) and With more than 30 years’ experience, she Byers has two key philosophies involving
serves on the city of San Antonio’s planning has advanced knowledge in building science, EnergyLogic. One is to meet the daily challenges of
commission technical advisory committee. He is resulting in structures which surpass managing and growing a company “without losing
a past member of the San Antonio Water System international energy codes, and integrate water our soul in the process.” The other is to work with
Community Conservation Committee (CCC) conservation and healthy indoor environments. “the most committed and creative people imaginable,
and past co-chair of the South Texas chapter of As an early innovator in testing and certifying doing good work in the world,” because he is “my
the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). custom homes with Build Green New Mexico best self when I’m with these people.” He is honored
He received his Mechanical and Electrical and the National Green Building Standard, to lead the team at EnergyLogic.
Engineering bachelor’s degree from the Orona has led her company to national Byers’ wife Wynne is the chief culture officer
Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) in recognition as a Home Innovation Research for EnergyLogic (which explains a great deal of his
Monterrey, Mexico. Labs LEGACY Green Partner of Excellence. success). He has two amazing daughters as well.

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