“If you think about affordability, there’s the cost of the home, and then there’s the cost to live in it.” —Ryan Meres
Written by: Skyler Grey | Editor in Chief Built America Magazine
The Power Behind RESNET® and the Homes We Call Our Own
The American dream is shifting. It’s no longer just about square footage, school districts, or granite countertops. More now than ever, it’s about what we can’t see: the air that moves through the walls, the heat we don’t waste, the carbon we don't emit. And in this unseen transformation, RESNET® has been quietly doing the work for decades - standard by standard, score by score. RESNET doesn’t scream for attention. It operates like a backbone - unseen, vital, and holding everything together in the push toward energy-efficient housing. “The real purpose of RESNET,” said Ryan Meres, Program Director, “was to say, if you're purchasing an energy-efficient home, that energy savings should be valued in the mortgage process.” That’s where it started - in the dusty corners of paperwork, with the hope that a home’s energy performance could someday be seen as a financial asset.
RYAN MERES | PROGRAM DIRECTOR
MICHAEL MATTHEWS | NEW PROGRAMS SPECIALIST
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