Case Study: Mandalay Homes achieves net-zero homes with Aeroseal AeroBarrier

Mandalay Homes cuts solar needs from 60 panels to 8 with Aeroseal

The customer, Mandalay Homes, a production builder aiming to make carbon-neutral homes a standard offering, faced the challenge of making such homes economically feasible. Their building envelope sealing efforts had plateaued, preventing them from cost-effectively achieving their net-zero energy goal. They turned to vendor Aeroseal and its AeroBarrier technology to address this issue.

Aeroseal implemented its AeroBarrier advanced sealing process, which dramatically reduced the home's air leakage from 1.4 ACH to 0.6 ACH. This tighter building envelope, combined with efficient battery storage, drastically reduced the number of solar panels required for net-zero from 60 to just 8. This solution provided Mandalay Homes with a cost savings of $50,000 per home, enabling them to scale their carbon-neutral building program.

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