NEXUS
ENERGYHOMES WINS EVHA 2012 BUILDER OF THE YEAR
Company
Has Tremendous Potential to Affect the National and Local Home Building
Industry
(STEVENSVILLE)
Feb. 13, 2012—Stevensville,
Md-based NEXUS EnergyHomes, Inc., is the winner of the EnergyValue
Housing Award® 2012 Builder of the Year,
announced during the International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Fl last
Wednesday. The
EnergyValue Housing Award (EVHA) honors builders and remodelers who voluntarily
incorporate energy efficiency in the design, construction and marketing of
homes.
Nexus’ was one of seventeen builders in the nation nominated for the 2012 Builder of the Year. The nominees were judged on the merits of the homes’ design, construction and value. As they considered all facets of each nominee’s home production, the NAHB Research Center reported that their final decision to award Nexus EnergyHomes as the 2012 Builder of the Year came when they realized that the company, while relatively new to the business, has “enormous potential to affect both the local and national home building industry.”
The
Builder of the Year award affirms the company’s vision to successfully
integrate exceptional energy performance, attention to detail, and cost and
energy value under one roof. “We are thrilled to be singled-out as the overall
winner among so many energy-efficient home builders with such a prestigious
award,” Murphy says.
The EVHA Builder of the Year
award is managed by the NAHB Research Center
(NAHBRC) in partnership with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB),
and the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Building America Program, and National Renewable
Energy Program (NREL). In announcing Nexus’ win the group said they also
considered the company’s extensive pre-build strategic planning and research as,
“an indication that the company is dedicated to doing things right the first
time.” Additionally, they reported the post-construction review and testing that
led Nexus to strive for further improvements, “shows that the company is not
content to remain stagnant with respect to energy efficiency and the quality of
their construction.”
Nexus’ staffers report that
when Paul Zanecki, Nexus’ president, reviews any of his company’s plans, his
next question is always, “how can we continually innovate?” “I want to make
homes that are better in every way—integrating all the best performing
technologies under one roof. Until that vision is realized, I keep pushing,”
Zanecki says.
Nexus
also won the
EVHA New Homes Gold Award for Production in Moderate
Climate.
In consideration of that win, an EVHA judge said, “This is the whole
package. [It contains] high quality materials, outstanding energy efficient
features, and incredible marketing. It is an outstanding and comprehensive
package.”
Nexus is one of
the few homebuilding companies in America that has received certification for
achieving the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) “Emerald
Certification”—the highest level of
Green Building standards established by the NAHB. The first duplex-home built in
their Frederick Maryland, North Pointe community received Emerald Certification
in January, and the company
has pending applications for five more homes built from the same model. Nexus
Construction Division President, Mike Murphy says he hopes to make Frederick,
the ‘Emerald City’ of Maryland.
Three
years of intensive research and development in conjunction with the NAHBRC,
resulted in an epiphany for Nexus that they were capable of delivering net-zero
homes on a budget of $300,000 or less. They achieved this with the launch of
their first community, targeting homebuyers who were looking for
energy-efficient, affordable, new construction homes. The 59-home development,
North Pointe, a GeoSolar Community in Frederick, Md. sold both model homes in
the first two weeks of offering and ended 2011 with 16 lots under contract, six
homes nearing completion, and a further eight pending building permits. Nexus is
projecting a consistent 2012 sales pace, for this community, of one home per
week, which has the potential of selling out North Pointe by years’ end at price
points consistent with increased quality and demand. They also contracted to
build single-family custom homes last year in Frederick, Centerville, and are
set to build in communities reaching from Philadelphia, Pa to South Carolina.
About Nexus
EnergyHomes
The NEXUS EnergyHome provides every
new home-buyer with the opportunity to own a home that meets NetZero Standards
—a home that offers the ability to be figuratively “off the grid” and produce as
much energy as it consumes. After years of research and testing with the NAHB,
and through Nexus EnergyHomes’ complex construction process using proprietary
designs, innovative materials, and the very best of modern technologies, Nexus
EnergyHomes is making a revolutionary change to the way homes are constructed in
America. NEXUS EnergyHomes is the first company to make these technologies work
in perfect harmony in a single family home, and at a rate no different than
other homes currently on the market.
By
combining the application of innovative “GeoSolar” energy production, and
effective energy-saving building techniques, and utilizing a proprietary
“NexusVision Smart Systems” web-based, energy-usage monitoring and control
system, each “Nexus EnergyHomes” homeowner has net-zero energy balance within
their grasp. Using the earth as an inverse temperature conductor and the sun as
a power source, NEXUS EnergyHomes utilize a combination of geothermal (ground
sourced) heat pumps, photovoltaic solar panels, super insulated building
shells and state-of-the art electronic and web-based controls and monitoring
systems. All household electrical equipment and appliances are Energy-Star
rated. NEXUS’ entire electrical system is tied to the electrical or utility grid
for “net metering”. Power is produced during periods of sunshine and drawn from
the grid at night, or in periods of extensive cloud cover, in order to produce
annual, zero or near zero grid electricity demand “Off the Grid”.
The company’s certifications and affiliations include: National Association of Homebuilders; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Star designation; Indoor Air PLUS Qualified Homes (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency); Building America Program (U.S. Department of Energy)
The company’s certifications and affiliations include: National Association of Homebuilders; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Star designation; Indoor Air PLUS Qualified Homes (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency); Building America Program (U.S. Department of Energy)
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