John Godden, CRESNET; Brian Shanks, Beazer Homes; John Hensley RESNET Board John Hensley, RESNET Board; Lucas Rutherford, Lennar Minnesota John Godden and Paul Duffy, CRESNET The award winners of the 2025 RESNET Cross Border Home Builder Challenge, which helps promote the utilization of the HERS® Index have been announced at the 2025 RESNET Conference. The following are the 2025 RESNET and CRESNET Presidents award-winning builders: • RESNET Southern Climates President’s Award – Beazer Homes with an average fleet HERS score of 32. • RESNET Northern Climates President’s Award – Lennar, Minnesota with an average fleet HERS score of 38 The RESNET President’s Awards was presented by John Hensley, President of the RESNET Board of Directors • CRESNET President’s Award – Minto Communities with an average fleet HERS score of 44. The CRESNET President Award was presented by Paul Duffy, Immediate Past President of CRESNET. Other award winners are: • US Zero Energy Builder – Zero Net Now of New Paltz, New York with a HERS score of -1 • Lowest HERS Score US Custom Builder – TE Studio, Minneapolis, Minnesota with a HERS 27 score • Lowest HERS Score US Mid Production Builder – Eternity Homes, Farmington, Minnesota, with a HERS 41 score • Lowest HERS Score US Production Builder – Lennar Minnesota with a HERS 36 score • Canadian Zero Energy Builder – Lindvest, Ontario with a HERS 38 score • Lowest HERS Score Canadian Custom Builder – Townwood Homes, Ontario with a HERS 42 score • Lowest HERS Score Canadian Mid Production Builder – Royal Pine Homes, Ontario with a HERS 43 score • Lowest HERS Score Canadian Production Builder – Brookfield Residential, Ontario with a HERS 38 score • US HERSH2O® Award – KB Home with a HERSH2O score of 30 • Canadian HERSH2O Award – Rosehaven Homes, Ontario with a HERSH2O score of 84 • RESNET/CRESNET Low Carbon Award – Empire Communities, Ontario, Canada • Enbridge Innovation Award – Campanale Homes, Ottawa, Canada Ontario “With over 4.4 million homes rated in the US, the HERS Index is the industry standard by which a home’s energy efficiency is now being measured in the US and Canada. It’s also the nationally recognized system for inspecting and calculating a home’s energy performance” noted John Hensley, RESNET Board of Directors President. “The RESNET Cross Border Challenge is a friendly competition between American and Canadian Home Builders to determine just how energy efficient builders can build,” noted Tim Campanale, President of RESNET’s Canadian counterpart CRESNET. This was the 12th year for the awards. The Cross Border Challenge awards were sponsored by Power-Pipe® drain water heat recovery systems, Better Builder Magazine, Spray Foam Coalition, Beacon Building Products, BP Canada, Panasonic, Rockwool, Greyter Water Systems and Carlisle Spray Foam. In addition, the Enbridge Innovation Award sponsored by Enbridge Gas Distribution was presented to a builder in the US and Canada that HERS rated a home plus demonstrated energy/resource innovation in new home construction.
