2006 RESNET Rating Industry Achievement Awards Winners
To recognize outstanding achievements in the rating industry, RESNET
established the RESNET Rating Industry Achievement Awards. At the 2006
RESNET Building Performance Conference RESNET Board President Kelly
Parker presented the achievements awards selected by the RESNET Board of
Directors.
The 2006 recipients are:
Southwest Gas Corporation
RESNET Market Transformation Award
This award is presented to the organization/rater that has made the
most significant contribution to penetrating their housing market with
rating services while maintaining the quality of the services.
Advancement through perseverance best describes the substantial and
long-term effect Southwest Gas Corporation's Energy Advantage PLUS (EAP)
residential energy program has had on housing in Tucson, Arizona.
Evolving over ten years from its inception as a primarily prescriptive
program to its current position as a leading ENERGY STAR® provider, EAP
has partnered with local and national builders in committing nearly
4,000 homes to ENERGY STAR standards in 2005.
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their application that was selected by the RESNET Board.
RESNET Board President Kelly Parker presents to Eric Shoberg of the
Southwest Gas Corporation the 2006 RESNET Market Transformation Award
Texas Veterans Land Board
RESNET Program Leadership Award
This award will recognize the outstanding contribution a residential
energy efficiency, building performance, or financing initiative has
made to the rating industry.
As a mortgage investor, the Texas Veterans Land Board (VLB) has a
long-standing commitment to supporting environmentally friendly building
practices and energy efficient homes. They were impressed by ENERGY
STAR®, the proven savings and the independent third party - the home
energy rater, that would ensure that their veteran and military
customers would receive top quality homes. On January 31, 2005, as
Program Administrator, CitiMortgage issued Bulletin 05-04 on behalf of
the TVLB, announcing that all new construction homes with sales
contracts dated after March 4th would be required to have the
ENERGY STAR® rating to be eligible for purchase by the TVLB. In FY 2004,
the TVLB purchased over one billion dollars in mortgages to Texas
veterans, over 60% of those homes were new construction. In making this
decision, they are the first mortgage investor to require ENERGY STAR®
rather than giving an incentive for it. The direct result of which has
been a boon to the home energy rating industry in Texas, as hundreds of
mortgage loan officers and home builders seek rating partners to
continue their participation in the TVLB program.
Click on Texas Veterans Land Board to review
their application that was selected by the RESNET Board.
RESNET Board President presents Paul Moore, Executive Secretary of the
Texas Veterans Land Board the 2006 RESNET Program Leadership Award
View the 2005 award winners by clicking on
2005 RESNET Rating Industry Awards. |
