BASF, along with more than 150 of its customers and strategic allies, built the Near-Zero Energy Home to exemplify how BASF chemistry helps further energy saving, durable, sustainable, and affordable building practices. The project was designed to achieve a 95.5 Home Energy Rating Systems Energy Star® score and is a prototype for the U.S. Green Building Council's newly launched rating system for the energy efficiency and environmental impact of homes.
"We have constructed this home in order to inspire home-owners, builders, and architects locally, as well as nationally," said Klaus Peter Löbbe, chairman and CEO of BASF Corp. "We want them to know that sustainable, energy efficient, and disaster resistant homes are not a concept of the future, but a reality today.