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NEW PROGRAM FOR 2016 REWARDING QUALITY & CONSCIENCE
ENERGYWISE HOME PROGRAM™
The only program that will quantify the value of energy effieciency while rewarding conscientious and quality home construction.
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Quality Built has been collecting data on construction in the United States for over 25 years. In fact, Quality Built has more data on construction than any other company in the world. Our experience combined with our technology gives us the unique ability to quantify quality and to create a comprehensive documentation profile for individual homes. During the Great Recession a record number of properties went into foreclosure. Mortgage servicing companies were not equipped to handle the maintenance and management of the number of properties coming back to them. The problems were compounded by the fact that they had no information about the properties! Most of these properties were sold in auction. The FDIC sold them in blocks and the buyers had to hire companies such as Quality Built to perform Property Condition Assessments to determine what they had recently purchased!
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One additional fact emerged. Fewer energy efficient homes went into foreclosure than non-energy efficient homes by a significant factor. It was through the analysis of all of this data that gave rise to the Energywise Home Program™.
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THE ENERGYWISE HOME PROGRAM™ The Energywise Home Program™ is an innovative program that identifies green building attributes along a sliding scale based on property characteristics identified by LEED, GreenPoint RATED, ENERGY STAR and Climate Neutral Certification. Credit for intangible attributes such as FSC certified wood, SMaRT certified sustainable products, erosion controls, education and regional materials and local production are also given credit for their social and environmental benefits; making The Energywise Home Program the only one that will quantify the value of energy efficiency, documenting quality of construction and material and product inventory. The program provides builders lower costs and better value through every home they build! This quality can be monetized through our partnerships with lenders, insurance carriers and mortgage insurance providers. The Energywise Home Program includes benefits for Builders that: • Work to Increase Revenue • Will Reduce Risk Through Third Party Quality Assurance • Provides a competitive edge with Substantial Discounts And Direct Incentive Programs!
ENERGYWISE HOME PARTNERS
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REWARDING QUALITY & CONSCIENCE
Energy-efficient homes are in demand. That’s because they save your customers money, provide greater comfort and help protect the environment by using less energy. The Energywise Home Program not only provides incentives for building the energy efficient homes today’s buyers want, but also ensures that not only an energy efficient home is built, but a quality home.
BETTER FOR YOU As an Energywise builder you will benefit from the following: • • • • • •
Delivering high quality homes through measurable results Financial incentives to offset the cost of building a more energy-efficient home, including the QA Inspection and Energy Testing fees. Discounted Insurance Premiums Reduction of expensive callbacks, by reviewing systems and building practices during the construction process, saving you time and money. Increases number of qualified homebuyers Leverage a homebuyer’s purchasing power
BETTER FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS As a buyer of an Energywise home your customers will benefit from the following: • • • • •
Lower energy bills Lower mortgage interest rates and fees Ability to qualify for increased loan amounts Better quality, better comfort, and better durability A home designed and built to standards well above most other homes and better for potentially higher resale value
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QUALITY BUILT VERIFIED
The Energywise Home Program follows the standard and rating matrix of the Capital Markets Partnership Green Value Score.™ The Energywise Green Value Score is a score ranging from 25-100 that rates a home on its overall achievement of aspects relating to energy/water efficiency and associated operating costs, indoor environmental quality and quality of construction. Quality Built partners with builders to prepare them for future code changes and build energy-efficient quality homes above code and ahead of the curve. We offer a tremendous breadth of services to our customers, all designed to work together and interact seamlessly with your team. Our Residential Quality Assurance Program has been developed based on our more than 20 years of data analysis and experience. Our services are specifically tailored to ease the challenges you face every day, while providing you transparency and accountability at all levels. AVOID COSTLY MISTAKES Quality Built has more forensic architects and engineers than any other Third- Party QA firm. We put their expertise to work for you! Our experts will conduct technical peer plan reviews, evaluate products to determine compliance with performance specifications and report data trends on installation issues or failures. CREATE TRANSPARENCY & COLLABORATION Communicate clearly and effectively with all stakeholders. Incorporate the expertise of all design and technical experts associated with a project in a single platform.
REDUCE CHANGE ORDERS By reviewing plans for completeness, communicating scope and standards to trade contractors in advance and verifying specified products can be properly integrated; our process can significantly reduce change orders. PREVENT DELAYS With standards identified and agreed upon in advance, builders can avoid delays when anomalies are identified. CONTINUAL PROCESS IMPROVEMENT Quality Built incorporates training and education to promote continual process improvement all the way down to the specific trades! Performance ratings are based on real data on your project every 30 days!
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THE ENERGYWISE HOME PROGRAM WILL CONSIST OF
PROGRAM COORDINATION & TRAINING 01
TECHNICAL PEER PLAN REVIEW (Level 2 Or Higher)
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ADVANCED THIRD-PARTY QUALITY ASSURANCE on 100% of the Homes Throughout The Construction Process
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ENERGY TESTING ON EVERY HOME or Coordination using Your Own HERS Rater
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MATERIAL AND PRODUCT INVENTORY 05
HOME ID® GREEN VALUE SCORE VALIDATION 06
Quality Built will work with you in a collaborative fashion to guide you through the entire Energywise Home Program™ process and assist you with program compliance. We work with your construction team to provide Technical Peer Plan Review (Level 2 Or Higher) and Advanced Third-Party Quality Assurance On 100% Of The Homes Throughout The Construction Process.
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the only program that will quantify the value of energy efficiency, documenting quality of construction and material and product inventory.
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TECHNICAL PEER PLAN REVIEW
Technical Plan Review™ is an integral part of any comprehensive Risk Management program. Quality Built specializes in providing comprehensive, multi-disciplined Plan Review services performed by a team of expert and experienced forensic architects, professional engineers and code professionals to identify code and design deficiencies.
KEY OBJECTIVES Avoidance of errors, omissions, voids and conflicts between drawing sheets, sections of drawings and specifications Completeness of design details and specifications Completeness and appropriateness of specified systems, equipment and materials Sufficiency of drawings and details to allow standard constructability, means and methods Review for design and specific code violations and conflicts Perform general plan coordination review and quality control review
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THIRD-PARTY QUALITY ASSURANCE The only leading provider with an ISO 9001:2008 Certified Quality Management System. 80% OF OUR CLIENTS VOLUNTARILY CHOOSE TO WORK WITH QUALITY BUILT CONFIRMING OUR VALUE TO BUILDERS! CRITICAL, INDEPENDENT EVALUATION Quality Built performs an Independent and unbiased evaluation of high-risk components including, but not limited to: foundation, framing, exterior cladding, fenestrations, MEP and roofing systems.
MITIGATING RISK When anomalies are identified our process communicates the need for correction to both the trade and the superintendent within minutes. Documentation of correction is captured in the system through data and photographs.
DATA-DRIVEN IMPROVEMENT Data collected produces immediate benefit today, providing you with the knowledge you need now to improve.
GUIDED IMPLEMENTATION Quality Built professionals will set up your project in our proprietary quality management system and provide multi-user role access and reporting. Each project’s inspection criteria is customized based upon the plans, codes, specifications and specific products and materials utilized.
INSIGHT AND KNOWLEDGE Access to the knowledge and expertise that Quality Built offers is at the heart of every one of our services, and none more so than our expert QA program. Clients are granted access to our library of training programs. Should you find a topic missing, we will create one at no charge to you!
OUR INSPECTORS AVERAGE 25 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE!
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HOME ENERGY RATING (HERS®) ASSESSMENT & TESTING
Quality Built will provide the third-party Home Energy Rating (HERS®) Assessment and performance testing. Quality Built’s Home Energy Rating System (HERS®) Raters are active ENERGY STAR Partner and certified by RESNET. Our Home Energy Raters will inspect each home and measures its energy characteristics, such as insulation levels, window efficiency, wallto-window ratios, the heating and cooling system efficiency, the solar orientation of the home, and the water heating system. Diagnostic testing will also be performed and includes: • Blower Door Testing For Air Leakage • Duct Blaster Leakage Testing The energy performance assessment will verify that qualifying homes include these important energy-saving features: • Increased Insulation Values • Tighter Building Shells • High Performance HVAC Systems • High-Efficiency Windows If you prefer to use another certified RESNET Home Energy Rater you may do so, as long as we receive copies of the energy performance assessment including diagnostic testing reports and the HERS Index Score so that we can convert it to an Energywise Green Value Score.
PRODUCT AND MATERIAL INVENTORY AND TRACKING
Our product and material inventory and tracking is a way of effectively implementing a Quality Assurance and Products and Materials Inventory Management Plan. All Energyefficient feature as well as specific materials, products and appliances will be registered as they are installed on your project. No longer will builders be unable to quantify and track defective or recalled products, such as Chinese Drywall. Quality Built® will work with your project’s trade contractors and suppliers to obtain specific information such as origin, make, model and serial number, where applicable, and record where those products and materials are installed. This process allows for quantification of products, materials and appliances, so as to facilitate repair, replacement, warranty recalls or alerts of defective, deficient and/or hazardous products and/or materials as new information becomes available in the marketplace.
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A SOFTWARE SOLUTION DESIGNED TO CREATE VALUE AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR HOMEBUYERS Home ID® gives you the ability to easily share and distribute important documents and photos to your customers that are normally delivered in an easily misplaced folder, saving you time and money, as well as maintaining an audit trail of the exact date and time provided. With their new Home ID account they can safely and securely create a room-byroom inventory of their personal possessions, document and store repair history, renovations, maintenance agreements, and all other essential information making Home ID a powerful way to manage any home. Home ID for Home Builders: Cloud Based New Home Profile & Documentation. With Home ID builders can easily provide homebuyers all the information about their new home including contract and closing documents, warranties, manuals, plans and construction photos if desired. You can even include home care guides and maintenance checklists to help them take care of their new home, all in a secure online account for them to manage that includes your branding. Home ID reduces storage costs by keeping digital copies in our secure cloud; of course you’ll be green! What’s more, Home ID allows builders to easily implement increasing popular “customer for life” programs, maintaining contact with homebuyers long after the new home sale is complete. SPACES Any room is created as a space. Keep your information and photos organized in each space, making finding and sorting easy and intuitive. MY CONTACTS No more panicked searching for the plumber’s emergency number when the toilet is leaking. My Contacts makes it simple to manage all your contacts. MY DOCS Never lose those important warranties, manuals or home documents again. Documents are stored in Home ID and can be tied to a home, space and item. MY REPORTS Step by step reporting simplifies the process of building a PDF report. Home ID® has preloaded report templates or the ability to create a custom report and select only what you need.
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IMPLEMENTATION Quality Built can have you up and running in no time. You will be guided by our industry experts every step of the way and have access to our wealth of knowledge and innovative, proprietary solutions. STEP ONE - PROJECT INFORMATION:
Provide us the same information as required by any Third-Party Quality Assurance company. CHECKLIST: Executed Energywise Program Agreement Plans • Construction drawings, including construction details of insulation levels and placement; • Specifications for windows; • Specifications for space conditioning and water heating equipment; • Procedures used for duct sealing; and, • Procedures used for sealing the building envelope. Site Maps • A list of lots, addresses, and their respective plan numbers. Equipment and materials documentation • Windows, glazed doors, skylights—specification sheet with manufacturer’s name that demonstrates NFRC rated U-factor and Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC) • Air conditioner—specification sheet with manufacturer’s name/ model numbers for condenser/coil match or AHRI reference number for each proposed unit (www.ahridirectory.org) that has an efficiency rating GREATER than SEER 13, EER 11 • Water heater—specification sheet with manufacturer’s name/ model number and efficiency rating. If installing a Solar Water Heater. Trade List Schedule Contact List
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Quality Built Can Be Inspection Ready in as Little as 24 Hours STEP TWO - QUALITY BUILT WILL SET UP YOUR CUSTOMIZED PROGRAM: • • • • •
Create a suggested project template based on codes, plans, specifications and high-risk items per system Align with your schedule to identify optimum inspection times Associate each checkpoint with the responsible trade Enroll each trade in the program Export the checklist for review and approval
STEP THREE - TRAINING:
Complete program orientation and training is included for superintendents and trades on the Quality Assurance and HERS® Assessment and performance testing process, communication of open item closure process and roles and responsibilities. Continuing education support is available.
STEP FOUR - DATA COLLECTION BEGINS:
Data is reviewed every 90 to 180 days and any recommended changes to the program will be presented to the client. Clients may request changes at any time.
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INCREASED BORROWER BUYING POWER The ability to leverage a homebuyer’s investment in energy efficiency increases the number of qualified homebuyers as well as their purchasing power. AmeriFirstŽ Financial, Inc., will reward Green Value Mortgage program borrowers with reduced monthly mortgage insurance by up to 50 basis points plus reduced lender fees for the purchase of their new Energywise home. Lower rate and fees plus the lower monthly energy bill savings of an Energywise home now gives you buyers the ability to qualify for a increased loan amounts to acquire a larger home than they otherwise could have gotten. In addition, The Energywise Home Program fees, including the QA Inspection and Energy Testing fees, may be returned back to the builder through the Green Value Mortgage program, making this program even better!
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CONTRACTORS CHOICE WRAP By Pioneer Programs Insurance Solutions, LLC
Contractors’ Choice is one of the longest-running value-added insurance programs for the building industry since 1998. The General Liability coverage is specifically designed for General Contractors, and offers a Wrap coverage including all trade subcontractors. The program is ideally suited for Residential & Commercial General Contractors and Developers, and features broad coverage forms, a highly-rated insurer, and proactive risk management services including loss control and claims administration.
“Contractor’s Choice is proud to be the exclusive insurance partner for the Energywise Home Program™” offering a 10 to 15% discount to builders who meet all of the requirements. We recognize the value in designing, building and documenting both quality of construction and energy efficiency and wish to do our part to reward builders who are committed to constructing homes with a Green Value Score of 75 or higher.” Carole Fleischman CEO, Pioneer Programs Insurance Solutions, LLC http://www.pioneerprograms.com
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