This session will feature a message from Congressman Mike Levin (D-CA). 

Mark Johnson, RESNET® Board President

Welcome to the 2023 RESNET® Conference! 

An overview of everything you need to know as we kick off the first full day of the 2023 RESNET Conference.

This session will feature Robert Wick of the large national production builder Meritage Homes and their outlook on the emerging build-to-rent market in single-family homes.  

Increasingly, American corporations are including Environmental/Societal/Governance (ESG) reporting to their stockholders and financers. A number of builders and finance institutions are using HERS® Index Scores as part of their ESG reporting. To track these developments and to discover the opportunities this presents to the rating industry, the RESNET® Executive Director has appointed a RESNET® ESG Advisory Committee. This session will introduce the new group and explore what activities it will be undertaking. 

 

In 2022, Congress extended and amended the 45L federal tax credit for energy-efficient homes. The legislation extended the credit for ten years and based a $2,500 credit for complying with the EPA ENERGY STAR for New Homes and $5,000 for being certified by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Net Zero Energy Ready program. This session will explore the details of how to qualify homes for this important effort to improve the energy performance of new homes. 

In this session, the CEC’s Commissioner Andrew McAllister will cover:

 

The Cross Border Challenge RESNET®/CRESENT Awards session is a presentation of a number of awards

including RESNET® President’s Awards, CRESNET Canadian President’s Awards, and more.