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1 Building ENERGY star Qualified Homes and Incorporating ENERGY Efficiency and Green Building Practices into home -funded Affordable Housing Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Community Planning and Development Building ENERGY star Qualified Homes and Incorporating ENERGY Efficiency and Green Building Practices into home -funded Affordable Housing 2008 Prepared by Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Community Planning and Development Table of Contents Introduction .. 1 Purpose of the Guidebook .. 1 Organization of the Guidebook .. 1 Who Benefits from Using this Guidebook? .. 2 About the home Model Program Guides.

2 2 Chapter 1: ENERGY star and ENERGY Efficiency in Affordable Housing: Benefits to the Environment, Residents, Properties, PJs, and HUD .. 3 ENERGY Efficiency and Green Housing A Growing Trend .. 3 Why Promote Efficiency and Green Building Techniques in Affordable Housing? .. 5 Benefits of ENERGY Efficiency in Affordable 7 Benefits to HUD and Its Key Programs .. 8 HUD s Priorities for Moving Forward .. 8 Attachment 1-1: HUD s ENERGY Strategy: Summary of Actions .. 11 Chapter 2: ENERGY star Qualified Homes .. 13 What Is the ENERGY star Program? .. 13 ENERGY star and Housing .. 14 What Is an ENERGY star Qualified home ?

3 15 ENERGY star Qualified Homes Standards and Requirements .. 15 Certifying ENERGY star for New Homes .. 17 Who Are the Key Actors Involved? .. 17 What Are the Main Components of a Typical ENERGY star home ? .. 18 What Are the Benefits and Advantages of Achieving ENERGY star Label? .. 21 Costs and Savings for ENERGY star Qualified home .. 22 What Technical and Financial Resources Are Available to Support Achieving ENERGY star for New Homes Label? .. 22 ENERGY Efficient Mortgages .. 22 ENERGY star Bulk Purchasing .. 23 Attachment 2-1: The Whole House Approach to ENERGY star .. 24 Attachment 2-2: HERS Rating System.

4 28 Attachment 2-3: Financial Resources for ENERGY Efficiency .. 31 Attachment 2-4: Technical Assistance and Support .. 34 Chapter 3: Incorporating ENERGY star Qualified Homes into home -Funded Activities .. 37 ENERGY star Qualified Homes and home PJs .. 37 home -Funded Activities Suitable for ENERGY star Qualified Homes .. 37 Key Steps When Incorporating ENERGY star into home -Funded Activities .. 39 Good Practices to Support Success .. 45 Attachment 3-1: home -Funded Certified ENERGY star Units by State (FY 2007) .. 48 Attachment 3-2: HERS Raters in United States, by State .. 49 Chapter 4: Incorporating ENERGY Efficiency Measures into Moderate Rehabilitation and Other Activities.

5 51 Steps to Incorporate ENERGY Efficiency Improvements into Rehabilitation Activities .. 52 ENERGY Efficiency Features for home -Funded Activities .. 58 Typical Low-Cost Features .. 58 Typical Moderate- to High-Cost Features .. 63 Methods for Selecting ENERGY Efficiency Measures to Use in home -Funded Activities .. 65 home -Funded Activity: Development of Multi-Unit Properties Greater than Three Stories .. 68 Steps to Incorporate ENERGY Efficiency Measures into home -Funded Development of Large Multi-Unit Buildings .. 69 Homeowner and Occupant Education .. 71 Attachment 4-1: home Performance with ENERGY star Locations.

6 72 Attachment 4-2: Calculating Preliminary Feasibility for Installing Combined Heat and Power in an Apartment Building . 73 Chapter 5: Incorporating Green Building Practices that Improve Housing Performance .. 77 What are Green Building Practices? .. 77 What Does Green Mean? .. 77 Benefits to Building Green .. 78 Green Building Guidelines .. 78 Key Steps When Incorporating Green Building Practices .. 80 Green Building Practices .. 81 Site Design .. 83 Green Building Materials .. 84 Resource Efficiency .. 85 Renewable ENERGY .. 85 Water Management .. 88 Healthy home Design .. 89 Appendix 1: Resources.

7 93 Federal Resources .. 93 Non-Federal Resources .. 95 Appendix 2: Glossary .. 97 Building ENERGY star Qualified Homes 1 Introduction The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has established increased ENERGY efficiency in affordable housing as a strategic This guidebook, Building ENERGY star New Homes and Incorporating ENERGY Efficiency and Green Building Practices into home -Funded Affordable Housing, is one of several HUD initiatives to promote HUD s goal of increasing ENERGY efficiency in its affordable housing developments. This guide provides information and program tools to state and local housing agencies and communities to enhance the ENERGY efficiency of home -funded affordable housing activities.

8 Improving ENERGY efficiency in housing results in lower ENERGY costs, improved Building performance, lower maintenance costs, and enhanced financial stability. These are direct benefits to tenants, home owners, and property owners and managers. Cumulatively, these results also benefit the nation in reduced pollution and ENERGY demand. Today, enhanced ENERGY efficiency in housing is an achievable goal because of new technologies and advances in Building practices that have evolved over the last decade. HUD urges its state and local partners to take advantage of these opportunities in their affordable housing ventures. Purpose of the Guidebook The primary purpose of this guidebook, Building ENERGY star New Homes and Incorporating ENERGY Efficiency and Green Building Practices into home -Funded Affordable Housing, is to provide technical and operational guidance to home participating jurisdictions (PJs), community housing development organizations (CHDOs), and subrecipients to help them develop ENERGY star qualified Homes .

9 This guidebook discusses the benefits of improved ENERGY efficiency in housing; describes what the ENERGY star qualified home label means; describes what a PJ and its local development partners must do to meet the ENERGY star standards; and identifies other actions that PJ can take to improve Building performance in affordable housing. Generally, PJs can achieve ENERGY star standards only with new construction activities; this guidebook also describes how to incorporate ENERGY efficiency into rehabilitation activities and presents green Building practices that may be incorporated into affordable housing activities. Organization of the Guidebook The guidebook is organized into five chapters: Chapter 1, ENERGY star and ENERGY Efficiency in Affordable Housing Benefits to the Environment, Residents, Properties, State and Local Programs, and HUD, explains how and why increasing ENERGY efficiency in affordable housing benefits residents, owners, PJs, and HUD.

10 It also discusses HUD s actions to promote ENERGY efficiency. 1 This priority is described in the HUD Secretary s report to Congress, Promoting ENERGY Efficiency at HUD in a Time of Change, August, 2006. A copy of the report is available through HUD User, at 2 Building ENERGY star Qualified Homes Chapter 2, ENERGY star Qualified Homes , describes the ENERGY star program with a focus on the ENERGY star for New Homes label. It discusses the standards and requirements of an ENERGY star qualified home label, identifies the key actors involved in the review process, explains the main elements of an ENERGY star qualified home , and identifies some technical and financial resources that can be leveraged to support ENERGY star qualified Homes activities.