OPPD Wins Another Honor for ENERGY STAR Home Leadership
Video: Most Energy Efficient Home in the Metro Area
OPPD has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with a 2010 ENERGY STAR Leadership in Housing Award. OPPD also received this award in 2009. The award recognizes OPPD's efforts to promote energy-efficient construction and environmental protection by sponsoring an ENERGY STAR for New Homes Program in its service area last year.
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Spreading the energy-efficient message to our customer/owners and business partners is an important piece of the OPPD Aim Green initiative. OPPD sponsored its second annual ENERGY STAR for New Homes Seminar on April 29th in Omaha. EPA's Sam Rashkin was the featured speaker, and 100 area builders and trades professionals attended to hear Sam's message.
OPPD and approximately 40 local home builders are partners with ENERGY STAR. Over 1,600 new homes in the OPPD service territory have been certified ENERGY STAR homes since 2007 and interest is rapidly increasing. OPPD works with various professionals in the home building industry and Energy Raters to aid in the successful completion of an ENERGY STAR home.
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What Is ENERGY STAR?
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ENERGY STAR is the government-backed symbol for energy efficiency. The mark identifies new homes, buildings, and more then 50 types of products that are energy efficient and offer features, quality, and performance that today’s consumers expect.
What Makes A Home ENERGY STAR?
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To meet ENERGY STAR qualifications, a home must be at least 15 percent more energy efficient than homes built to local code. ENERGY STAR homes may also have other energy-saving features that can make them as much as 20 percent to 30 percent more efficient than standard homes.
ENERGY STAR homes have all the features you desire in your home, plus better performance and lower utility bills - all while helping prevent greenhouse gas emissions.
More than 9,000 organizations, including over 3,500 of the nation's home builders, are ENERGY STAR partners, committed to improving energy efficiency at home and at work. In 2006, Americans with the help of ENERGY STAR saved about $14 billion on their utility bills and reduced their greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 25 million vehicles.
ENERGY STAR builders achieve high efficiency by selecting from a variety of features:
- Tight Construction and Ducts
- Effective Insulation
- Effective Heating and Cooling Equipment
- High Performance Windows
- Efficient Products
- Independent Testing
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ENERGY STAR Homeowner Benefits
- Added Confidence- Find the house of your dreams and enjoy the peace of mind knowing that it also meets rigorous energy efficiency guidelines set by the EPA and verified by an independent Home Energy Rater.
- Lower Ownership Costs- ENERGY STAR qualified homes use substantially less energy for heating, cooling, and water heating-delivering $200 to $400 in annual savings compared with standard construction.
- Better Performance- An ENERGY STAR qualified home helps ensure consistent temperatures between rooms, improved indoor air quality, and greater durability.
- Smarter Investment- By the end of the decade, more than 2 million homes are expected to earn the ENERGY STAR. The trend is clear. By choosing a home with ENERGY STAR, you can be confident that it will be an increasingly valued feature when the time comes to sell.
- Environmental Protection- Because ENERGY STAR qualified homes use less energy, they help prevent greenhouse gas emissions - an added benefit for today’s environmentally conscious consumers looking for “green” choices.
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