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Annual Building Science Roundup 2020 A GRAND SYNERGY

Sustainable fortune. Monthly electric bills
drop from several hundred dollars to a mere
$14 with the use of energy efficient
appliances, lighting and other green tools.
COURTESY OF REVIVE PROPERTIES

“Many of our home buyers regard these homes
as the future of home building. They’ve told us

the energy-efficient construction is an
expression of their core beliefs.”

—––Susan McFaddin, Revive Properties LLC

the Northern Colorado Home Builders Association (HBA) Parade
of Homes. Several positive articles by local media also didn’t hurt.
“These helped create a very favorable public perception,” says
McFaddin. “The day after one such article, there was a stream of
Priuses going down our back alley.”
The development is used as a research project for several elements
of the City of Fort Collins, including the Utilities Design Assistance
Program and the Green Building Program. “Elected officials, including
a former mayor, a city councilman and a member of the Colorado projects are planned in our city and both refer to our development
House of Representatives, have all inquired about living in our com- as the catalyst for their developments going zero energy,” says Chad
munity,” says McFaddin. Adams, Revive’s owner and developer. “If imitation is the best form
Success has proven contagious. “Two new zero energy home of flattery, then I guess we should be proud.”

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