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Week of June 7, 2004

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n Builders Mark National Homeownership Month With Efforts to Meet Workforce Housing Needs
n Sign Up for 2005 Committees and Councils by July 9
n Builder Ralph Manley, 80, Re-enacts D-Day Jump Over Normandy
n Online Registration for 2005 Builders’ Show Now Open
n Calendar of Events
* New Web-Based Resource Documents Important Role of Builders in Species Conservation Efforts
* Test Third Headline
* NAHB Members Urged to Watch the Mail for Liability Insurance Survey
* Housing Snapshot

President's Message

* You Can Help Solve the General Liability Insurance Problem

Housing Politics

* Find Out How Your Members of Congress Voted on Key Housing Issues
* Homeownership Alliance Presents 'Homeownership Hero' Awards

Housing and Economics

* Commerce Proposes to Cut Canadian Lumber Duties in Half, But Builders Want Them Eliminated
* Homeownership Declining Among Families With Children, Study Finds
* No Unsustainable Speculative Bubble in U.S. Housing Market, According to UCLA Physicists
* Eye on the Economy

Construction Safety

* Home Builders Responsible for the Safety of Subcontractors
* Free Construction Safety Seminar at Various Locations This Summer

Environment

* Report Finds Insufficient Link Between Mold and Serious Illnesses

Building Quality

* Competition Opens for EnergyValue Housing Awards

Business Management

* Do Your Financial Statements Add Up? If Not, Be Alert to Fraud

Small Builders and Remodelers

* There’s Nothing Sub About Your Subs

Design

* Best in American Living Awards Entry Deadlines Near

Seniors Housing

* Rentals for Active Adults: An ACE Opportunity for Builders

Multifamily

* Luxury Apartments Rekindle Hollywood’s Golden Era
* NAHB Multifamily Is Looking for Speakers for Pillars Conference

Military Housing

* Air Force and Navy Housing Opportunities Announced

Labor

* New Training Program Enables Association Members to Improve Skills of Their Superintendents

Building Products

* HVAC Contractors Using Fiber Glass Duct Board After Rise in Price of Scrap Metal

Building News Coast To Coast

Association News & Events

* Builders Mark National Homeownership Month With Efforts to Meet Workforce Housing Needs
* Sign Up for 2005 Committees and Councils by July 9
* Builder Ralph Manley, 80, Re-enacts D-Day Jump Over Normandy
* Online Registration for 2005 Builders’ Show Now Open
* Calendar of Events

NBN Back Issues

 

Competition Opens for EnergyValue Housing Awards

The NAHB Research Center is now accepting applications for the 2005 EnergyValue Housing Awards (EVHA), which recognize builders who voluntarily integrate energy efficiency into the design, construction and marketing of their new homes.

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.


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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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