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Power miser. When it comes to energy use, all Revive Fort
Collins homes are ultra efficient, earning Home Energy Annual Building Science Roundup 2020 A GRAND SYNERGY
Rating System (HERS) ratings of 2 or less in 2018.
COURTESY OF REVIVE PROPERTIES

The two firms collaborated on Revive Fort Collins to construct 37
Energizing the townhouses and 18 single-family homes with attached apartments
on a 10-acre site on the north side of Fort Collins. The property is
located in an urban renewal district just north of a trailer park. “The
property was in an undesirable location, and the development had
been unsuccessful under a previous developer,” McFaddin says.
Neighborhood quarter mile. A new movie theatre and restaurant were recently
Now, there is a large grocery store and shopping area within a

built within a half mile, and other businesses and cultural centers
A carefully planned design means a real are coming to this urban renewal district and revitalizing this part of
‘Revival’ for this multifamily project. town. “Revive is known as a catalyst for the revitalization,” she notes.

BY GREEN BUILDER STAFF BETTER BUILDINGS
OMES BUILT TO the U.S. Department of Energy What differentiates Revive from all other developers is the fact it
(DOE)’s Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) criteria can only sells zero-energy homes, says McFaddin. All homes had Home
save energy and cut costs for homeowners. They’ve Energy Rating System (HERS) ratings of 2 or less in 2018; the low-
also been known to provide a more comfortable, qui- est was negative 11.
H eter living experience. And, in Fort Collins, Colo., they Solar is not optional. “We sell our solar to buyers at cost, which
may just be helping to spark a neighborhood revival. is about half of what most builders charge,” McFaddin says. “Other
Susan McFaddin, development consultant and broker for Revive builders make photovoltaic an option, and many home buyers choose
Properties, LLC, certainly believes that’s the case. She notes that a for- to avoid the extra cost. [But] rather than incentivizing lots, finishes,
mer assistant city manager who visited the Revive Fort Collins proj- etc., as some builders do, we incentivize the PV, which we believe to
ect praises Revive Properties and its development partner, Philgreen be the most beneficial to the buyer and society.”
Construction, for the way the ZERH community has revitalized North The DOE ZERH construction has attracted positive attention for
College Avenue. the builder. In 2017 Revive was the Greenest Home award from

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