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Originally published September 2016

Effi ciency for all. Each cottage in
Sage at Maple Lawn include high- CREDIT: BOZZUTO
performance options as a standard.

On the Path to Net Zero

High-performance housing developments bring energy effi ciency

and new technology to communities around the country.

IGH-PERFORMANCE HOUSING is no longer limited One of the biggest factors driving high-performance building
to just a few homes here and there. Enter the high- is climate change, which has caused consumers to become more
performance housing development market, in which concerned about their individual impact on the environment.
entire communities are built as effi ciently as possible. Manufacturers are now working to develop better, more effi cient
These master-planned communities are engineered materials; builders work to create new, more effi cient construction
H for effi ciency and high-performance from the ground processes; and government agencies work to implement policies and
up. This shift from the solo to the communal is driven by a variety of codes that encourage innovation.
factors: building code, environmental issues such as climate change, These changes have led to the creation of high-performance
materials manufacturers and government policy. housing developments, as consumers seek efficient housing
“You have a confl uence of factors, where the environment in which communities. Bosch is at the forefront of this trend, providing a
we live is changing and forcing people to change behaviors and look number of high-performance housing products to lower energy bills
for diff erent solutions,” says Shailesh Topiwala, director of corporate and push forward innovative processes.
business development for Robert Bosch LLC. “We have products and solutions and systems for here and now; it’s

4 FAST FORWARD TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE