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Park Home IV at Newbury – South-Fayette Township, Allegheny County, Pa.Heartland Homes Inc. strives to incorporate energy efficient features as standard in all theirhigh-end custom homes in Pittsburgh. This commitment to sustainable building wasacknowledged when their Park Home IV won a 2011 Housing Excellence Award from theBuilders Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh (BAMP) for “Best Green Energy Efficient HousingUnder $500,000.” The home was built as a part ofthe Newbury division, a development built onreclaimed land and in which all of the homes are20% more energy efficient than ENERGY STAR®standards. A variety of air sealing and insulationproducts from Dow Building Solutions were usedto help cost effectively meet and exceed theseENERGY STAR requirements and achieve aHERS rating of 64.“Over the years, custom homebuilding has become directly associated with sustainability andgreen,” said Kevin Oakley, Director of Marketing, Heartland Homes Inc. “As a premiere, high-endhomebuilder, it was important to Heartland Homes to partner with a reputable brand like Dowthat would help us achieve better energy efficiency and maintain a premium brand image.”STYROFOAM SIS Brand Structural Insulated Sheathing was used for Park Home IV becauseof its high R-value and all-in-one structural, insulated and weather resistive barrier. “SIS is theproduct you’re going to use if you want to get good HERS scores and a tight building envelope,for a good value,” said Oakley.GREAT STUFF PRO Gaps & Cracks InsulatingFoam Sealant and GREAT STUFF PRO Window &Door Insulating Foam Sealant were also used inconjunction with STYROFOAM SIS to help furthereliminate air infiltration through gaps and cracks.
DOW POWERHOUSE Spring Mesa Solar Community – Arvada, Colo.One community in Colorado is experiencing all that the sun can do, with the DOWPOWERHOUSE Solar Shingle. D.R.Horton, one of the nation’s leading homebuilders, becamethe first residential production builder to partner with The Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) tooffer the POWERHOUSE Solar Shingle as a standardfeature on 50 new homes in the developer’s Spring Mesacommunity. The Spring Mesa home sites will combineD.R. Horton’s popular floor plans with Dow’s innovativesolar shingle technology in a collaboration thatrepresents an exciting step toward bringing homeownersa solar solution that can save them money and reducetheir carbon footprint without compromising their home’saesthetics.The DOW POWERHOUSE Solar Shingle roofing system works like a standard roofing shingle,protecting the home from the elements, while providing energy that powers the home. Made inthe USA, the three-part system includes a customized array of shingles to fit the style androofline of the home, an inverter to convert electricity and feed it back to the home and grid, andan energy monitoring system that provides real-time data readouts. Dow chose Colorado as thefirst launch market for the POWERHOUSE Solar Shingle because it has the right combinationof financial returns and market receptivity to solar.“We are excited that Dow has chosen D.R. Horton’s Spring Mesa community to launch itsPOWERHOUSE Solar Shingle technology,” said Scott Davis, Division President, D.R. Horton -Colorado. “We believe the addition of solar technology will attract new homebuyers to SpringMesa who will now have Dow’s innovative Solar Shingles available on one of the most scenicand beautiful communities in the Denver area.”
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