{"id":12,"date":"2016-10-05T03:02:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T03:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erict15.sg-host.com\/2016-10-4-the-us-department-of-energy-awards-tc-legend-homes\/"},"modified":"2020-05-07T18:14:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T18:14:10","slug":"the-us-department-of-energy-awards-tc-legend-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tclegendhomes.com\/blog\/the-us-department-of-energy-awards-tc-legend-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"The US Department of Energy Awards TC Legend Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the third year, the US Department of Energy has chosen TC Legend Homes for one of its Housing Innovation Awards in the &#8220;Custom for Buyer&#8221; category. Check out the photos of the award-winning zero-energy project.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features<\/h2>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Walls: R-29, 6&#8243; SIP taped at all interior and exterior joints, fiber cement siding.<\/li>\n<li>Roof: R-42, 10&#8243; SIP taped at all interior and exterior joints. Ice-and-water shield,\u00a0asphalt shingles.<\/li>\n<li>Attic: None.<\/li>\n<li>Foundation: R-23 ICF stem walls, R-20 rigid foam under slab.<\/li>\n<li>Windows: Triple-pane, vinyl-framed, low-e windows, U=0.21.<\/li>\n<li>Air Sealing: 0.60 ACH 50<\/li>\n<li>Ventilation: Timered exhaust fans.<\/li>\n<li>HVAC: Evacuated tube solar hot water and 4.5 COP air-to-water heat pump for in-floor radiant hydronic heat.<\/li>\n<li>Hot Water: Air-to-water heat pump, 4.5 COP.<\/li>\n<li>Lighting: 100% LED<\/li>\n<li>Appliances: ENERGY STAR refrigerator, clothes washer, range hood; induction cooktop.<\/li>\n<li>Solar: 9.5-kW PV, evacuated tube solar hot water.<\/li>\n<li>Water Conservation: Low-flow fixtures; centrally located water heater.<\/li>\n<li>Other: Low-VOC paints and finishes. Electric car charging station.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Project Data<\/h2>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Layout: 4 bdrm, 2.5 bath, 2 fl,\u00a02,463 ft2<\/li>\n<li>Climate: IECC 4C, marine<\/li>\n<li>Completed: May 2016<\/li>\n<li>Category: custom for buyer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Modeled Performance Data<\/h2>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>HERS Index: without PV 44,\u00a0with PV -2<\/li>\n<li>Projected Annual Energy Costs:\u00a0without PV $1,053, with PV $25<\/li>\n<li>Projected Annual Energy Cost Savings:\u00a0(vs home built to 2012 IECC) without PV $811, with PV $1,889<\/li>\n<li>Annual Energy Savings: without PV 9,453 kWh, with PV 20,993 kWh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/s\/BA_DOE_ZER_HIA_Poster_2016_TCLegend_19th_LR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a> the US Department of Energy poster.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li 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Roof: R-42, 10&#8243; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tclegendhomes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tclegendhomes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tclegendhomes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tclegendhomes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tclegendhomes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tclegendhomes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2222,"href":"https:\/\/tclegendhomes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions\/2222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tclegendhomes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tclegendhomes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tclegendhomes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tclegendhomes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}