Home efficiency & Performance
Builder Services
We help builders construct healthy & efficient homes that prevent headaches during and after construction, and improve the occupants’ quality of life.
How Can We Help?
Whether you’re looking for code testing, interested in capturing efficiency incentives, or ready to get started with a green building certification program, we’re here to support you and meet you wherever you are on your performance path.
- Blower Door Testing
- Duct Blaster Testing
- RES Checks
- 2018 NCECC Performance Reports
- HERS Letters
- Spray Foam Reports
- 2018 NCECC Total UA Alternative
- HERS ratings
- HERO Code
- ecoSelect
- Energy Star
- NGBS
- LEED
- Indoor airPLUS
- DOE Zero Energy Ready
- Passive House
- Zero Energy Blueprint Program
- Residential Solar Design
- Solar Power for Communities
- Manual J Load Calculations
- Manual D Duct Design
- Manual S Equipment Selection
- HERO Code
- 45L Federal Tax Credit
- Santee Cooper
- Marketing & Sales Support
- Community Standards Development
- Onboarding Builder Teams
- Trades Training
- Defining Sustainability Goals
- And More!
Air leakage testing & comprehensive air sealing package. Contact us to learn more.
- Free Performance Snapshot
- Interactive Performance Reporting
- Community Reporting
- Custom Reporting Solutions
- NC General Contractor Mandatory Course
- HERS Associate Certificate Course
- Solar for Residential New Construction
- Everything You Need to Know About the 2020 NGBS
Our Process
We work with over 250 builders (production & custom) to build high-performance homes. We have the experience to deliver a program that works with your process, not against it. We’re building science experts so you don’t have to be.
Step 1
Schedule a one-on-one meeting with our team to review your goals & challenges.
Step 2
Our team crafts a custom home performance plan to meet your needs, and you decide when to get started.
Step 3
We onboard your trades and our building performance techs inspect your homes within 48 hours of a schedule request.
Step 4
We continue to add value to your team with data reporting, sales trainings, and marketing support.
Frequently Asked Questions
The truth is, it depends on your goals and/or desired certification program, and your baseline spec package. Our commitment is to help our customers find the most cost effective way to meet their goals. We can often help offset any incurred costs through increased labor and material efficiencies, avoidance of long-term issues, incentives, and selling the value of your high-performance home at a premium. Reach out for a custom pricing package!
No! Our services are designed to fit seamlessly into your build cycle. Plus, we guarantee to be on-site within 48 hours of a schedule request.
We’ll have a discovery call to identify your goals, budget, timeline, and market position and make recommendations best fitted to your needs. In short, we meet you where you are.
Consumers are very wary of so-called “green-washing” and often look to independent sources for reviews and certifications, much like Yelp for restaurants and Rotten Tomatoes for movies.
We provide training and educational resources to marketing staff, sales agents, and trades to ensure you can capture the full value of your high-performance homes. We can also support you with custom marketing collateral to help share your sustainability story.
Here For You
We know that building a home is complex, and that it’s frustrating and costly to solve unexpected problems. Since 2001, we’ve helped builders solve home performance challenges to build more efficient homes, profitably and on schedule — without the headaches during or after construction.
- Guaranteed 48 Hour Scheduling Turnaround
- 30,000+ Homes Rated
- 70,000+ Inspections Complete
- Over $8 MIL HERO Incentive Dollars Processed
- 2020 Energy Star Market Leader Award
- GC & Electrical License
- Certified B Corporation
Building Science Toolbox
Ready to Get Started?
Schedule a meeting with us today to review your home performance goals and challenges.
About Us
North Carolina’s solar power and building performance expert. Founded in 2001, we’ve worked for 20+ years to improve the way people make and use energy.
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