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Drawing from a background in architecture and building science, Populus guides architects and builders through the requirements of mandatory green building codes, providing energy modeling, HERS Rating and high performance consulting services.
Populus offers client-focused consulting services that put builders and architects in the driver’s seat. At Populus, we won’t give you just one path to compliance. You tell us your goals - we’ll deliver a menu of energy efficiency strategies that preserve the aesthetic integrity of your project as well as your budget. It doesn’t stop there. Populus also offers energy modeling and HERS Rating services to measure home energy efficiency performance and demonstrate code compliance.
Municipalities throughout the world are adopting green building codes that address issues from indoor air quality to energy efficiency. While traditional building codes required strict compliance with a set of prescriptive requirements, the next generation of building codes is performance-based in nature, giving design teams the flexibility to tailor their own paths to compliance. These codes not only put the power of choice back in the hands of architects and builders, they reward efficient design and open opportunities for innovation.
In the City of Boulder, unincorporated Boulder County, and the Town of Superior performance-based energy codes require that residential projects achieve a specified HERS Index Score. For the City of Boulder’s Green Points and Boulder County’s BuildSmart programs, the required HERS Index Score is determined by the area of conditioned space and/or the extent of a remodel project. In the Town of Superior, HERS rating requirements apply only to new construction and vary depending on square footage.
Learn more about the City of Boulder’s Green Points Program
Learn more about Boulder County’s BuildSmart Program
Learn more about Superior's Green Building Program
Populus can perform energy modeling and analysis of your home during the design phase to help you optimize energy performance. Our approach gives design teams maximum flexibility and room for innovation to customize energy efficiency solutions for their projects.
Have a project outside of Colorado? Building a net-zero house in Hawaii? The more exotic, the better. Give us a call. We love to travel.
Populus has experience providing energy analysis, code consulting and HERS rating services on both single-family and multi-family residential projects. Whether you're interested in weighing the cost and benefit of energy efficiency features or going all the way to net-zero energy, Populus has the expertise you need.
