17th Annual High Performance Home Tour Will Feature Green Certified Homes Throughout The Triangle

DURHAM, N.C. - April 10, 2023 - PRLog -- The Home Builders Associations of Durham, Orange & Chatham Counties and Raleigh/Wake County present the 2023 High Performance Home Tour on April 29-30 from Noon – 5 pm. The Tour is a FREE, self-guided event of 10 spectacular homes featuring green, high-performance construction and finishes. No registration is required – Tour attendees may begin at any home on tour and visit as many (or all!) entries as desired. Each home on tour is certified in one of the following accredited programs: National Green Building Standard, ecoSelect, ENERGY STAR^®, Duke HERO, and/or HERS, having been inspected and third-party verified to ensure the home meets the minimum certification requirements established by its specified program.

With today's home buyers looking for healthy, efficient, and cost-effective homes, high performance builders are poised to fulfill these consumer needs. The Tour showcases a diverse collection of certified high performance new homes, with links for each entry for visitors to reach out with questions and comments. Tour entries may be in various stages of construction or owner-occupied, allowing a unique opportunity to view first-hand an array of the innovative high performance building practices at work in our area.

"Our 2023 Tour features some really interesting homes – Spend a nice spring weekend touring all 10 of them!" says Julie Carrow, Director of Special Events at the HBA of Durham, Orange & Chatham Counties. "We invite you to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to learn more about the green certification program and the benefits of a healthier, more comfortable, and energy efficient home for you and your family."

The Triangle has long been recognized as a leader in building innovative, high-performance, green homes. According to Home Innovation Research Labs, North Carolina continues to be ranked first in the country in the number of NGBS Green Certified single-family homes.

Builders participating in this year's Tour:

Heirloom Builders, Inc., 214 Plainfield Church Road, Siler City

Homes By Dickerson, 168 Wendover Parkway, Pittsboro

Easterling Fine Homes Inc., 15 Brandon Pines, Pittsboro

Hearthstone Luxury Homes, 404 Colvard Woods Way, Durham

BuildSense, Inc., 4565 Efland Cedar Grove Road, Hillsborough

Collins Design-Build, Inc., 267 Hidden Valley Way, Hillsborough

Newphire Building, 209 S. Wake Street, Hillsborough

Newphire Building, 895 Stagecoach Road, Chapel Hill

BuildSense, Inc., 104 Bayleaf Drive, Raleigh

Homes By Dickerson, 1190 Cottonsprings Drive, Wendell

Visit www.HighPerformanceHomeTour.org to learn more about each entry and map your route. For more information on the Tour, call (919) 493-8899, email julie@hbadoc.com, or visit the HPHT pages on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/HighPerformanceHomeTour) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/highperformancehometour/). #HPHT2023