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Competition Opens for EnergyValue Housing Awards

More than 35,000 homes have been sold by winners of the award over the program’s nine-year history.

Carrie Gehlbach, former vice president of sales and marketing for Medallion Homes, of San Antonio, said that winning the award was not only good for marketing but it pushed her company to raise its standards. “We have been able to network with a community of building scientists and industry leaders who have helped us learn new and better ways to deliver the best possible home,” she said.

The awards, which will be presented during the 2005 International Builders’ Show in Orlando, FL, will be presented in affordable, custom/demonstration, factory-built, production and multifamily categories for hot, moderate and cold climates.

Applicants will be evaluated on their homes’ energy value, design, construction methods and processes; marketing and customer relations efforts; and participation in voluntary energy programs. The panel of judges will be comprised of experts on energy efficiency representing the engineering, construction, design and marketing fields.

AN EVHA Builder of the Year will be selected from the gold award winning companies.

All award applicants will receive a detailed evaluation of their entries, complimentary tickets to the awards dinner ceremony and a free copy of the “EVHA Guide: How to Build and Profit With Energy Efficiency in New Home Construction.”

EVHA winners are featured on the NAHB Research Center’s Web site; can market themselves as EVHA winners in advertisements and press releases; can be featured in publications; and can share their success stories at workshops, educational programs or conferences.

All professionals in the U.S. whose primary occupation is constructing or developing real estate are eligible. The homes must have been completed after January 2002 and before the application is submitted.

Entries must be postmarked by Aug. 9; there is a discounted application fee for those submitted by July 12.

The awards are coordinated by the NAHB Research Center in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and NAHB.

For an application, the rules for the competition and other information, click here, or send an e-mail.

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