The pandemic has shifted the things we want in a home. Homebuyers are looking for comfort, wellness and efficiency. According to the 2020 Green Smart Market Brief, high-performance homes are on the rise.
A good resource for consumer’s high-performance must-haves when it comes to building or remodeling a home can be found in National Green Building Standard® (NGBS)’s Bronze Cookbooks. The NGBS Bronze cookbooks give a roadmap to what is used and incorporated into a NGBS Green Certified home.
Below are the top 3 home qualities customers are looking for in today’s housing market.
| Customer Want: Comfort |
High-Performance Strategies |
| No drafts |
- Continuous building envelope (confirm with a blower door test)
- Weatherstripping around windows and doors
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| Consistent indoor temperatures |
- Smart thermostat
- Weatherstripping around windows and doors
- Continuous building envelope (confirm with a blower door test)
- High R-value insulation in floors, walls and ceilings
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| Quiet |
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| Customer Want: Wellness |
High-Performance Strategies |
| Healthy indoor environment |
- Balanced ventilation
- Fresh air intakes
- Kitchen range hood that vents directly outdoors
- Bathroom exhaust fans
- HVAC filtration — high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) or high MERV rating
- Low volatile organic compound (VOC) materials
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| No odors |
- Kitchen range hood that vents outdoors
- Balanced ventilation
- Low VOC materials
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| No mold |
- Bathroom exhaust fans that vent outdoors
- HVAC systems with sensors and automation
- Moisture-resistant barrier in building envelope
- Leak detection system
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| Natural light |
- Double- or triple-pane window with lower solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) and U-factors
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| Customer Want: Efficiency |
High-Performance Strategies |
| Lower energy bills |
- Smart thermostat
- High R-value insulation in floors, walls and ceilings
- Continuous building envelope (confirm with a blower door test)
- ENERGY STAR appliances
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| Lower water bills |
- WaterSense-labeled fixtures
- Minimize pipe runs (distance from water heater to fixtures)
- Leak detection system
- Landscaping with drought-tolerant plants
- Smart irrigation systems
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