Hot-Dry and Mixed-Dry Climate Case Studies
Following are case studies from the Hot-Dry and Mixed-Dry Climate Zone. The case studies feature residential building projects in this region. Publications featuring Building America homes in other U.S. climate zones are available too. These publications are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.
New Construction
Project Name: Amory Park Del Sol (PDF 3.2 MB)
Builder: John Wesley Miller Companies
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Solar Use: This project incorporates solar photovoltaics and solar hot water.
Project Name: Builders Challenge Home (PDF 324 KB)
Builder: Artistic Homes
Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Solar Use: This project incorporates solar photovoltaics and solar hot water.
Project Name: Builders Challenge Home (PDF 967 KB)
Builder: Ferrier Custom Homes
Location: Dallas, Texas
Project Name: Cabrillio Point (PDF 834 KB)
Builder: Pulte Phoenix
Location: Phoenix, New Mexico
Project Name: Carsten Crossings (PDF 4 MB)
Builder: Grupe Homes
Location: Stockton, California
Solar Use: This project incorporates solar photovoltaics.
Project Name: Civano (PDF 676 KB)
Builder: Pulte Homes
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Solar Use: This project incorporates solar hot water.
Project Name: Gamlen House (PDF 480 KB)
Builder: Artistic Homes
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Project Name: Masco Environments for Living Exhibit Home (PDF 764 KB)
Builder: Palm Harbor Homes
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Project Name: Multiple developments (PDF 3.7 MB)
Builder: Las Vegas Division of Pulte Homes and Communities of Del Webb
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Project Name: New American Home 2009 (PDF 1.7 MB)
Builder: Blue Heron
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Solar Use: This project incorporates solar photovoltaics.
Project Name: NextGen Demonstration Home (PDF 925 KB)
Builder: NextGen Home
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Solar Use: This project incorporates solar photovoltaics.
Project Name: Zero Energy Home Package (PDF 692 KB)
Builder: Artistic Homes
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Solar Use: This project incorporates solar photovoltaics.
Project Name: Windemere (PDF 468 KB)
Builder: Centex Homes
Location: San Ramon, California
Retrofit Projects
Project Name: California Central Valley Retrofit (PDF 327 KB)
Builder: The Grupe Company DBA Green Home Solutions
Location: Lodi, California
Project Profile: With the help of federal and state rebates and utility incentives, this retrofit project improved energy efficiency and comfort of a 22-year-old, 2,129 square foot home.
Project Name: California Ranch-Style Retrofit (PDF 327 KB)
Builder: HartmanBaldwin Design/Build
Location: Pasadena, California
Project Profile: This retrofit project reduced air leaks and installed new HVAC equipment in a 50-year-old, 2,402 square foot ranch-style home, subsequently cutting electric bills in half.
Project Name: Historic Adobe Home Retrofit (PDF 181 KB)
Builder: John Wesley Miller Companies
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Project Profile: The successful retrofit of this historic property earned Tucson Electric Power's first heating and cooling guarantee for a home remodel.
New! Best Practices Guide to 40% Energy Savings – Volume 9 (PDF 23.2 MB). This document describes measures builders in Hot-Dry and Mixed-Dry climates can use to construct homes that have whole house energy savings of 40%.
See Best Practices Handbook - Volume 2 (PDF 4.7 MB). This document provides specifics on implementing Building America solutions in Hot-Dry and Mixed-Dry Climates to achieve 15% whole house energy savings (30% savings in space conditioning and water heating).