Study: Builders Increasingly Focusing on High-Performance Building Practices
Home builders across the country are prioritizing high-performance building practices in their projects, regardless of whether they consider the home they are building to be "green," according to new research published in the 2020 Green Single Family and Multifamily Homes SmartMarket Brief.
The latest in a series of studies conducted by Dodge Data & Analytics, in partnership with NAHB, finds that almost all builders are incorporating energy-efficient practices and over two-thirds are using practices designed to improve indoor air quality and water efficiency.
Key findings include:
- 91% of home builders use energy-efficient approaches, and 69% do so on the majority of their projects. These practices may include the use of LED lighting, energy-efficient appliances and appropriately-sized, highly efficient HVAC systems;
- Energy efficiency and durability are the top influential green attributes in product/system selection;
- Over two-thirds use practices designed to improve indoor environmental quality and water efficiency; and
- 97% of green builders report using energy efficiency practices on more than 75% of their projects.