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CREDIT: ADDISON HOMES
Triple threat. Trailside Community in Greenville, S.C., is Addison Homes’ third project to receive a Department of Energy Housing
Innovation Award.
First-Class
Performance
Insulation and sealants push this conventional-looking home beyond net zero.
BY GREEN BUILDER STAFF optional certifications of EPA WaterSense for all of the home’s
plumbing and irrigation and DOE’s ZEHR Quality Management
INIMIZING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Guidelines, as well as certification to Energy Star Version 3.1. Addison
while maximizing homeowner value” is one also installed solar photovoltaic shingles that generate more energy
way Addison Homes sums up its construc- than the home uses annually. The home has also achieved an Active
tion philosophy. That attitude underscores House certification (an international label focused on comfort,
construction practices at the builder’s Trail- daylighting, air quality, energy efficiency and low impact on the
side Community in Greenville, S.C., where environment).
M this home won a 2016 Housing Innovation
Award from the U.S. Department of Energy. HIGH PERFORMANCE, HEAVY INTEREST
The Emery Greenville home also earned a DOE Zero Energy Ready The Trailside Community home was one of 16 to be built by Addison
Home (ZERH) program label (see box with ZERH requirements). Homes, adjacent to the Greenville Health System Swamp Rabbit
Addison Homes went beyond these requirements to meet the Trail, a popular walking and biking “rails to trails” project. While
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