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12 DOE ANNUAL BUILDING SCIENCE
ROUNDUP: Silver Linings
Here’s how Zero Energy Ready Home award
winners have used the pandemic as an
opportunity to normalize high-performance
techniques and products.
WIND BREAKER: To protect this large home’s residents
from constant, cold winds, builders installed 11-inch
insulating concrete forms and achieved HERS 34
performance.
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HYBRID PERFORMER: At Walnut Farm, mixed
insulation types and optional solar arrays promise
near net-zero living.
FLATTENING THE CURVE: This home’s carefully
constructed structure helps keep temperatures stable
inside, at a lower cost.
CRITICAL MASS: R-29 SIP walls, supported by ultra-
efficient HVAC and a heat recovery ventilator, mitigate
temperature swings in this exceptional home.
A PLACE TO BREATHE EASY: For allergy sufferers and
chemical sensitive buyers, homes like this one, with top-
notch ventilation and air control, offer a life-changing
relocation.
DATA-DRIVEN PERFORMANCE: United Way’s way of
getting things done right? Getting help from professional
data analysis of the projected design’s performance. 34
FIRST LOOK: Here are the homes up for top honors at
DOE’s next Housing Innovation Awards.
40 A MILLENNIAL PRIORITY: Gasping for Air
When listening to young people talk about
what’s lacking in their lives, the idea that clean
air is precious and in short supply comes up
repeatedly.

46 ReVISION HOUSE AUSTIN:
QUIET, EFFICIENT, GREEN
Austin’s heat and the combined forces of
allergies and her dogs are no match for the
cooling systems in Tiana Cooper’s ReVISION
house. 46

DEPARTMENTS “We respond to another disaster by rebuilding the same old way,

02 Editor’s Note in the very same places, with the same marginal systems and
materials. We somehow expect a different outcome the next time
06 Green Building News
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