In recognition of March as Women’s History Month, the RESNET® HERS® Index Builder of the Month is Colorado builder Covington Homes and CEO Grace Covington. Grace Covington is a fourth-generation Coloradoan. Having worked in various homebuilding, contracting, and construction companies from privately held commercial contractors and builders to the top 10 national publicly traded homebuilding firms, she has found her favorite place to finish out her career: as a businesswoman. Grace leads the overall company operations, land acquisition & development, marketing, procurement, and the Leadership Team. She also designs and decorates model homes exclusively for Covington Homes. In this month’s feature, we asked Grace to share some insight on building HERS® homes for their customers. Grace says, “All builders claim to be energy efficient, however, Covington Homes goes above and beyond in adding additional features to the home to provide a scorecard to our home buyers on the home’s energy efficiency performance. A HERS-rated home provides peace of mind in knowing that Covington Homes is committed to building a high-performance home that creates a safe, beautiful, and efficient environment for your family.” She continues, “We proudly display HERS ratings in our models for customers to see. Our professional staff makes a point to explain what this means as a benefit to our potential homeowners. We also discuss the benefits of a HERS-rated home at every home buyer closing. Our customers and Realtors are very happy to know that every Covington Home built has the energy features included to meet the requirements and be designated a HERS-rated home.” Read the full profile here.
