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NEW!-HERS EPA-Energy Star mortgage reductions are now possible with a preliminary REM/Design energy testprior to any planwork on new homes or remodels to be completed after the work is finished with an additional blower door test and energy audit.
NEW!-LEEDS Compliance Reports: We now have gbXML instant Compliance Reporting online with GeoPraxis for all our plans in Virtual 3d modeling via DSL connection to the MainFrame system in California. Energy use and LEEDS Compliance Ratings can be tested at all stages of plan development. Don't build, buy or upgrade without it. If we can draft it, we can test it, plan for optimum energy efficiency, and demonstrate the best life-cycle solutions. There is no longer any doubt about meeting the Kyoto Energy Accords or codes. But, we must enter your plan data into the ArchiCad system - $400 retainer.
New or Remodel Energy-10 Use Calculations show a minimum code house comparison, reccommended upgrading, predicted utility savings and payback over the 35 year lifecycle of a home's initial investment or upgrading new codes. EPA-NREL-SBIC Energy-10 Report, $ 85.00 ... especially useful in retrofit planning, choices in structural materials or HVAC systems. (Included with custom plans tailored to your setting, material choices and siting.) Compare building cost, internal rate of return, and national average life cycle costs, energy use and cost, or the correlated pollution outputs in design options for the life of the building. $45/hr
New or Remodel DOE RESCheck Report for Compliance, & NM County Heat Loss CABO-MECC Calculations: Min. Energy Code $ 45/hr
Sun Study of structural solar reactions Solar HW/Air Panel design, sizing. Photo-Voltaic Panel design, sizing. Insolation and soil temperature study, and all building envelope planes. $45/hr This requires drafting the plan in Cad system during the standard retaining fee of $400 for preliminary design and project planning. You will receive scaled plotted 2d floor plans and elevations for further design work, remodel and rehabilitation planning on the existing as-built structure.
