SEE’s mission is to promote the construction of “Super Energy Efficient” homes and buildings for both EXISTING and NEW structures in the United States and the World. SEE insulation standards far exceed current standards for energy efficient construction in the U.S. SEE also believes that its mission is to educate all interested parties as to how SEE’s standards can be very economically achieved.

SEE will help SAVE 1) energy, 2) the environment, 3) the economy (short and long term) and 4) your money.


Feel free to use this web site to share your ideas and/or expertise in this critical area or just use the knowledge you gain to help yourself and others to gain more energy independence.

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1) SEE standards can reduce the heating costs of your NEW or REMODELED home by 75% to 90%!

2) The money that a SEE home saves its owners will cover the cost of financing the building or remodeling to SEE standards - - beginning immediately!

3) By building or converting a home to SEE standards, YOU ALONE can help to SAVE on a) U.S. Energy Use, b) the Environment, c) the U.S. Economy (both short & long term) - - ALL while SAVING Money Yourself!

As some high school students and a gentleman running for governor all said to Thomas, "IT'S A NO BRAINER !"

SEE (SUPER ENERGY EFFICIENT) CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Learn and share what SEE construction technology is all about, and how it goes far beyond the standards of most “energy efficient housing” being built or renovated in the United States today.

Importantly, the concepts behind SEE can easily be adapted and applied to both EXISTING, as well as NEW Homes & Buildings.

Our homes and offices use 40% of the total energy consumed in the U.S. today. Building new and converting our existing buildings to SEE standards can conservatively cut that in half - - meaning a 20+% reduction in U.S. energy use.

There are many compelling reasons why adopting SEE standards, will not be a choice, but an economic requirement for the owners of all future buildings - - both new & existing.

Join our efforts to help promote the SEE concept to your friends and beyond!

SEE’s hope is to build strong membership support among the general public as well as from all builders and material suppliers that believe in and endorse the concepts of energy efficient homes and buildings as also promoted by the Energy Star and LEEDS programs.

We also extend an open invitation for membership to the manufacturers and installers of all solar energy & wind turbine products as well as the manufacturers and suppliers of any alternative energy related products or systems.

SEE is also investigating the formation of a credit union designed to specifically support making alternative energy concepts & materials available to the general public in an affordable manner. Such a venture would also provide for financing businesses that manufacture and install energy saving and energy generating products for consumers.

THE NAHB Research Center invites you to enter the Nation's preeminent competition for Energy-Efficient Homes, THE ENERGYVALUE HOUSING AWARD

Established in 1994 and supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), and numerous private Sponsors, The EVHA honors builders who elevate the standards for high-performance home building by voluntarily incorporating energy efficiency into all aspects of new home construction. Winners are selected from among applicant builders who compete from three climate regions (cold, moderate, hot) in five categories (affordable, custom, factory-built, production, and multi-family.

EVHA Winners are announced and honored at the EVHA Banquet held during the International Builders' Show. Each receives a plaque, marketing resources to be used for publicity in their local market, copies of the EVHA Winners publication, recognition on the NAHB Research Center website, and national recognition through news realeases, websites, and live link from the Research Center's website to each winner's website.

For More EnergyValue Housing Award information and to download an application for 2010 visit: www.nahbrc.org/evha

Debra Sagan is the Program Coordinator
NAHB Research Center
400 Prince George's Blvd.
Upper Marlboro, MD 20774

(800)638-8556, ext 6210
dsagan@nahbrc.org
or here at SEE as she is a member.
2010 EVHA Invite.pdf

The purpose of this group is to introduce and explain the concept of SEE (Super Energy Efficient) construction to the average home and building owner

SEE homes and buildings far exceed the NBC (National Building Code) recommended insulation standards, which do vary for different zones in the U.S. They are also at the extreme end of energy efficiency, as supported by the Federal Energy Star Housing Program. SEE standards can easily be adopted for new construction as well as adapted for renovating older existing homes. Virtually every home in the U.S. can become a SEE home. Just imagine, that if a new SEE home uses 75+% less energy for space heating than a new commonly built energy efficient home today, how much improvement can be achieved for an existing older less energy efficient home. Our homes and offices use 40% of the total energy consumed in the U.S. Adopting this single concept alone, can conservatively cut total U.S. energy use by more than 20% - - TWENTY PERCENT. This is ten times more than the limited potential of any new Alaskan oil fields and can begin producing energy savings and economic benefits within a matter of months - - energy savings that will never run out over time.

SEE homes and buildings have many very compelling reasons why they will not be a choice, but a requirement for all future buildings - - both new and existing. They are simply a very good investment for everyone’s personal economic future. Become sold on SEE and help us to promote SEE to friends and beyond!

The advantages of SEE housing are broad and will benefit everyone in some fashion. Individual owners of SEE buildings will find they have a lower cost of home or building ownership (principal/interest/taxes - - plus energy costs) than if they owned the same building as a non-SEE structure. As energy costs rise, their lower costs of ownership will only be multiplied. Also, their buildings value will surely increase faster than for non-SEE buildings.

The rest of us will all benefit from:
1) less pollution that causes the global warming, as well as human health issues,
2) lower energy costs, as less energy demand will mean overall lower energy prices, and
3) a much sounder U.S. economy - - in the short-term as well as long-term.

The biggest economic positive of converting existing homes and buildings to SEE standards is that it will begin a whole new industry in the U.S. - - SEE remodeling. As such, it has the potential to quickly get our housing industry back to work and build up our manufacturing base - - an area of the U.S. economy that has been constantly exported. Converting to SEE housing will simply add millions of well-paying “non-exportable“ jobs to the construction, distribution, and manufacturing sectors of the U.S. economy.

These new jobs will be spread evenly throughout the U.S., wherever there are homes and businesses. This will bolster the U.S. economy, as the effect of every manufacturing dollar added to the U.S. economy is multiplied by a factor of 10 as the benefits of that dollar filters through our economy. Also, people not spending money on energy will mean they can make purchases in other areas of our economy - - saving/adding jobs. The result of all these new jobs will simply add to Federal Income Tax revenues - - again benefiting us all.

The next question you may have, is who will pay for the conversion to SEE housing?

Well, the “smart” home or building owner of course!Those smart people will initially pay a higher mortgage payment on their SEE home or building, but the added mortgage costs will be more than offset by energy savings plus mortgage tax advantages. Bottom line, money simply not spent on energy will pay for the financial costs of constructing and remodeling homes and buildings to SEE standards. This will happen while also improving our environment, keeping energy costs down, and having a dramatic effect on improving our short-term & long-term economic outlook.

SEE provides a MAJOR, YET SIMPLE SOLUTION to the many problems now facing the United States and the World. What now needs to happen is to get SEE information out to those within our society that can really help to get this concept to be broadly accepted. We need to 1) get politicians on board (from the Federal to the State level as well as local), 2) add the concept of SEE to organizational efforts like the Picken’s Plan, and 3) get each and everyone of us to understand and convince others of the value of building to SEE standards.

All I ask of each and every one of you, that now understand SEE, is to please get the information about SEE out to everyone that you know and ask them to tell their friends - - FOR ALL OF OUR SAKES !

Welcome aboard this information train !

Thomas

P.S. I will periodically add to this site much more detailed support for all that I have briefly touched upon here - - including chapters of a book that I am writing on SEE.

Having everyone understand SEE is of top importance. Everyone needs to understand that saving energy is important for all of the reasons Thomas states above.

Membership here is FREE, because everyone needs a Super Energy Efficient home for all of our sakes. Every person, every business, every building in America and the World needs to understand what SEE offers. We can save on energy, save our environment, save our economy, and save money with everyone understanding SEE.

EVERYONE OF US IS IMPORTANT TO HELP TO GET THE SEE MESSAGE OUT - - EVERYONE OF US !

Rex Richardson

Anyone who can top this, will be posted here with Sanja, &
Mike Anthony Fernald Sr.! Thank You Sanja & Mike!

Our Local Guy Mike Anthony Fernald Sr. who has been with SEE since it started gets Top Billing on total invites so far! He has made over 1896 invites to our site. I want to give him a big hand for promoting SEE! Your Awesome Mike!

GREAT JOB MIKE!

Our New Member Sanja invited over 500 people to our site everyone! I want to give her a big hand in for promoting SEE. This is what I'm talking about when it comes to promoting SEE!

GREAT JOB SANJA!