NEXUS ENERGYHOMES WINS EVHA 2012 BUILDER OF THE YEAR
Company Has Tremendous Potential to Affect the National and Local Home
Building Industry
(STEVENSVILLE) Feb. 13, 2012—Stevensville,
Md-based NEXUS EnergyHomes, Inc., is the winner of the EnergyValue Housing Award® 2012 Builder of
the Year, announced during the International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Fl
last Wednesday. The EnergyValue Housing Award (EVHA) honors builders and remodelers who
voluntarily incorporate energy efficiency in the design, construction and
marketing of homes.
Nexus’ was one of seventeen builders in the nation
nominated for the 2012 Builder of the
Year. The nominees were judged on the merits of the homes’ design,
construction and value. As they considered all facets of each nominee’s home
production, the NAHB Research Center reported that their final decision to
award Nexus EnergyHomes as the 2012
Builder of the Year came when they realized that the company, while
relatively new to the business, has “enormous potential to affect both the
local and national home building industry.”
The Builder of the Year award affirms the company’s vision to
successfully integrate exceptional energy performance, attention to detail, and
cost and energy value under one roof. “We are thrilled to be singled-out as the
overall winner among so many energy-efficient home builders with such a
prestigious award,” Murphy says.
The EVHA Builder of the Year award is
managed by the NAHB
Research Center (NAHBRC) in partnership with the National Association of Home
Builders (NAHB), and the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Building America Program, and
National Renewable Energy Program (NREL). In announcing Nexus’ win the group said they
also considered the company’s extensive pre-build strategic planning and
research as, “an indication that the company is dedicated to doing things right
the first time.” Additionally, they reported the post-construction review and
testing that led Nexus to strive for further improvements, “shows that the
company is not content to remain stagnant with respect to energy efficiency and
the quality of their construction.”
Nexus’ staffers report that when Paul
Zanecki, Nexus’ president, reviews any of his company’s plans, his next question
is always, “how can we continually innovate?” “I want to make homes that are
better in every way—integrating all the best performing technologies under one
roof. Until that vision is realized, I keep pushing,” Zanecki says.
Nexus also won
the EVHA New Homes Gold Award for
Production in Moderate Climate. In consideration of that win, an EVHA judge said, “This is the whole package. [It
contains] high quality materials, outstanding energy efficient features, and
incredible marketing. It is an outstanding and comprehensive package.”
Nexus is one of the few homebuilding companies in America that
has received certification for achieving the National Association of
Homebuilders (NAHB) “Emerald Certification”—the highest level of
Green Building standards established by the NAHB. The first duplex-home built in
their Frederick Maryland, North Pointe community received Emerald Certification
in January, and the company has pending applications
for five more homes built from the same model. Nexus Construction Division
President, Mike Murphy says he hopes to make Frederick, the ‘Emerald City’ of
Maryland.
Three years of intensive research
and development in conjunction with the NAHBRC, resulted in an epiphany for
Nexus that they were capable of delivering net-zero homes on a budget of
$300,000 or less. They achieved this with the launch of their first community,
targeting homebuyers who were looking for energy-efficient, affordable, new
construction homes. The 59-home development, North Pointe, a GeoSolar Community
in Frederick, Md. sold both model homes in the first two weeks of offering and
ended 2011 with 16 lots under contract, six homes nearing completion, and a
further eight pending building permits. Nexus is projecting a consistent 2012
sales pace, for this community, of one home per week, which has the potential
of selling out North Pointe by years’ end at price points consistent with
increased quality and demand. They also contracted to build single-family
custom homes last year in Frederick, Centerville, and are set to build in
communities reaching from Philadelphia, Pa to South Carolina.
About Nexus EnergyHomes
The NEXUS EnergyHome provides every new home-buyer with
the opportunity to own a home that meets NetZero Standards —a home that offers
the ability to be figuratively “off the grid” and produce as much energy as it
consumes. After years of research and testing with the NAHB, and through Nexus
EnergyHomes’ complex construction process using proprietary designs, innovative
materials, and the very best of modern technologies, Nexus EnergyHomes is
making a revolutionary change to the way homes are constructed in America. NEXUS EnergyHomes is the first company to
make these technologies work in perfect harmony in a single family home, and at
a rate no different than other homes currently on the market.
By combining the application of innovative “GeoSolar”
energy production, and effective energy-saving building techniques, and
utilizing a proprietary “NexusVision Smart Systems” web-based, energy-usage
monitoring and control system, each “Nexus EnergyHomes” homeowner has net-zero
energy balance within their grasp. Using the earth as an inverse temperature
conductor and the sun as a power source, NEXUS EnergyHomes utilize a
combination of geothermal (ground sourced) heat pumps, photovoltaic solar
panels, super insulated building shells and state-of-the art electronic
and web-based controls and monitoring systems. All household electrical equipment
and appliances are Energy-Star rated. NEXUS’ entire electrical system is tied
to the electrical or utility grid for “net metering”. Power is produced during
periods of sunshine and drawn from the grid at night, or in periods of
extensive cloud cover, in order to produce annual, zero or near zero grid
electricity demand “Off the Grid”.
The company’s certifications and affiliations include: National Association of
Homebuilders; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of
Energy’s Energy Star designation; Indoor Air PLUS Qualified Homes (U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency); Building America Program (U.S. Department of
Energy)
Nexus EnergyHomes offers custom homes throughout
the United States. To learn more about Nexus EnergyHomes, neighborhoods and
communities, or Nexus custom homes, please contact us at 410.604.2870 or visit www.nexusenergyhomes.com
The firm also captured the attention of Carol Diament, who both invests in and sells innovative homes at the Coldwell Banker Preferred Avenue of the Arts office. “I had heard about this company in my travels,” she told us. “I met Anthony Ingargiola, their co-project manager for Philadelphia, at an event and was so impressed by what his firm had to offer that I went down to Maryland to investigate their developments.”
