EEBA Excellence in Building Conference & Expo
October 6 - 8, 2015
Building America: Putting Research
into Action
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SAM RASHKIN
U.S. Department of Energy
CHRISSI ANTONOPOULOS
Pacific NW National Laboratory
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World Class Guidance
for High-Performance Homes…
… at Your Finger Tips
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What BASC ‘Is’ & ‘Is Not’
Is:
Guidance
Is Not:
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Design Tool
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BASC Guidance Concept
Specify
Apply
Building
America
Building
America
ContentContent
Educate
Simple
Interface
Approve
Sell
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BASC Simple Interface
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BASC Simple Interface
Existing Homes
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BASC Simple Interface
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BASC Simple Interface
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BASC Simple Interface
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BASC Simple Interface
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BASC Simple Interface
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NEW! Video Library
Browse videos by
topic
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Videos in BASC Guides
Find videos in
the training
tab of BASC
guides
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Snapshot of BASC Content
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180+ full guides
1,350+ images
115+ CAD drawings
90+ videos
175+ proven performance case studies
375+ peer-reviewed references
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BASC vs. Old Content
Building America
Old Content
Fixed
Read-Only
Use-As-Is
Hard-to-Use
Limited Accessibility
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Building America
BASC Content
Continuously Improved
User Feedback
Fully Customizable
Easy-to-Use
Mobile Application
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BASC Community of Users
Architects/
Engineers
Builders/
Remodelers
Building
America
Solution
Center
Educators
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Sales
Professionals
Verifiers
Code
Officials
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Business Applications Overview
Review of Customized Applications:
• Sales Agent Reference Guide
• Field Training Kit
• Point-of-Sale Innovation Fact Sheets
• Building Science Presentations
• Precedence Case Study List
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Homepage
https://basc.energy.gov
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Become part of the Solution Center
Become part of the Solution Center community!
 Register to customize content
 Create Field Kits
 Create Point-of-Sale Fact
Sheets
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Homepage with Customizations
Primary BASC
tools available on
the homepage
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Sales Tool
Browse by 10
different building
topics.
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The Sales Tool
provides a new
glossary of sales
themes that can be
used across the
industry to consistently
reinforce the value of
high-performance
homes.
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Sales Tool
Each term has a translation, alternate terms, technical description and consumer
sales message.
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Sale Tab in BASC Guides
Find Sales Themes
throughout BASC on
the “Sales” tab without
navigating through the
Sales Tool
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How to Customize your Sales Tool
My Sales Tools mirrors
Field Kits, and allows
you to create
customized, point-ofsale worksheets for
homeowners
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Sales Agent Reference Guide
Click Create
Sales Tool to go
to the sales tool
form. We’ll walk
through filling out
the form to create
your customized
sales tools
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Sales Agent Reference Guide
Each Sales Tool Contains the
following general information:
• Title (Sales Tool Name)
• Sales Tool Version
(predetermined or customized
list)
• Body (description that appears
on the top of the worksheet)
• Company Info:
• Name
• Logo (upload image file)
• Address, Phone, URL
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Sales Agent Reference Guide
Add your custom sales
themes:
• Hold “Ctrl” scroll and click
measures in the list.
• Once you are done, click
the green “+” icon to move
them to your selected
options box.
• Click Save at the bottom of
the form to save your
selections and generate
your Sales Tool.
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Saved Sales Agent Reference
Save your form!
• See your saved sales
tools under your field
kits
• Print/download your
forms
• Add your sales tool to
your Field Kits
• Edit your sales tools
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Print/PDF
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Field Kits
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Field Kits
Add custom titles, and as
many Field Kits as you like.
Make sure to Save your
folders.
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Add Content to Your Field Kits
Hover over the
Field Kit icon to
add/delete content
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Field Kits
Easily access all
your saved content:
• CAD files
• Images
• Guides
• Videos (*New)
• Sales Messages
(*New)
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Point-of-Sale Innovation Fact Sheets
• DOE’s Zero Energy Ready Home program has created
six value propositions to use for selling high efficient
homes.
• The Sales Tool will create lists of innovations based on
any one of these value propositions:
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Advanced Technology
Engineered Comfort
Enhanced Durability
Healthful Environment
Quality Built
Ultra Efficient
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Point-of-Sale Innovation Fact Sheets
Use the same link we
used before to create
our custom list.
“Create Sales
Worksheet”
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Point-of-Sale Innovation Fact Sheets
• In the Sales Tool form, select
the Predetermined Sales Tool
Version.
• At the bottom of the form,
choose your value proposition
theme grouping.
• Enter all the other information
the same as the custom lists.
• Click save.
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Point-of-Sale Innovation Fact
Sheets
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Download Presentation Content
• Use the Solution Center to create materials for
presentations, classes or other uses.
• Print/Download are available for:
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Handbooks
Images
Case Studies
CAD Files
Sales Messages
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Download Presentation Content
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Download Presentation Content
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Download Presentation Content
Save image to
your computer
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Add image to a
Field Kit
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Download Presentation Content
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Download Presentation Content
For CAD Files,
save a PDF or
the original
DWG file
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Find Case Studies by Climate Zone
Use the new Optimized Climate
Solutions tool to access building
packages designed to achieve 30%
energy savings better than the 2009
IECC, by climate zone
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Find Case Studies by Climate Zone
For each climate zone,
find:
• Energy savings
data
• Guidance for
thermal enclosure,
HVAC and efficient
components
• Detailed case
studies
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Find Case Studies by Climate Zone
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Each climate zone will
include a list of case
studies
Use the case studies to
show precedence for
targeted building
science measures that
might be used to
secure approval by a
code official or builder
executive
Technology specific
case studies also
available
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Find Case Studies by Topic
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Solutions Mobile Application
Access your Building America Field Kits remotely using the new “Solutions”
mobile application for Android and iOS. Access the iOS app through the
Apple store, and use the link below for the Android app.
 Access media
 Access guides
 Access Field Kits for
specific construction
projects
https://basc.energy.gov/solutions
Field kits can also be accessed
from computers
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URL
Access the Building America Solution Center at:
http://basc.energy.gov
Also accessible through the Building America Website at:
http://www.buildingamerica.gov
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