A friendly competition between American and Canadian Home Builders. Lowest HERS® Index Score in all categories wins! Homes must be 3rd party RESNET/CRESNET HERS® rated in 2021. There will be US low score awards for homes rated in 2020 since there were no awards presented at the 2021 Virtual Conference Awards will be presented at the in-person RESNET 2022 Conference in Austin, Texas To enter, please submit builder information, HERC report including HERS® Index Score and picture of the house to: rod@renewability.com Builder Challenge submission deadline is January 21, 2022, by 9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Enbridge Innovation Award • With your individual house submission, submit what you believe was the most innovative measure to lower your HERS® score. Besides describing it, a picture of the application would be useful for the judges to award the winner. • There will be one winner from all the entries from the U.S. and Canada. Enbridge will announce the winner at the Conference when the individual builder awards are presented. RESNET & CRESNET Lowest HERS® Index Score Awards • Lowest score American Production Builder (> 49 homes HERS® rated per year) • Lowest score American Low Volume Builder (< 50 homes HERS® rated per year *) • Lowest score Canadian Production Builder (> 49 homes HERS® rated per year) • Lowest score Canadian Low Volume Builder (< 50 homes HERS® rated per year *) Note: There will be an award for US builders for 2021 & 2022 * Must be a registered builder attached to the submission. No private builds accepted. ** HERS® scores without Solar PV will only be looked at for these awards. Panasonic Net Zero Energy Awards • 2021 & 2022 Net Zero Awards American Builder • 2022 Net Zero Award Canadian Builder Note: these awards include PV (HERS® Index score must be below scores established in ASHRAE 90.2 by weather zone without PV) Greyter HERSH2O® Awards ** New this year ** • There will be one US and one Canadian builder presented with this award that demonstrates the lowest HERSH2O® score submitted for their respective countries based on 2021 ratings. RESNET & CRESNET Presidents’ Awards sponsored by BP • These awards are for Production Builders on both sides of the border that HERS® rate 50 or more homes in 2021 and registered in the RESNET / CRESNET registries • The Production Builder with the highest percentage of homes rated < HERS® 52 during the above time frame wins the Presidents’ Awards • Should there be a tie, the lowest average fleet HERS® score will be the winner for each award • There are 2 President’s Awards: The RESNET Award and the CRESNET Award presented at the beginning of the RESNET Conference New: These awards will be selected by RESNET / CRESNET based upon HERS® Index scores in the RESNET and CRESNET registries. No submission is required.
