Anderson Sargent

builder/owner

In 1985, Jim Sargent made a commitment to build better, more energy-efficient homes. "I started monitoring and analyzing our homes and their energy consumption, and I started reading and attending everything I could find about how to do it right." That dedication and attention to detail has paid off. In 2003, Jim became the first builder in the nation to receive the Master Builder designation for building energy efficient homes from the Energy & Environmental Building Association (EEBA).

The Zero Energy Home Project was the concept of AndersonSargent Custom Builder, LP of Waxahachie, Texas, a partnership between Jim Sargent and Vickie Anderson. The home was created to be a demonstration home, showing that a net zero home could be built to be beautiful, comfortable and environmentally friendly while using generally accepted building practices and materials. To this end, AndersonSargent assembled the following team, second to none.

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barley and pfeiffer

Architects

Barley & Pfeiffer Architects is recognized nationally for their pioneering use of environmentally responsive building design and construction techniques. This includes healthful low toxicity environments in medical facilities and private homes, energy-conserving design and construction, rainwater harvesting for residential and commercial use, and for the production of unique corporate images. Through the use of innovative ideas combined with real world practicality, Barley & Pfeiffer Architects has completed over 400 projects nationally since it's founding in 1987.

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Mary Sorenson

Interior Designer

With a special emphasis in space planning and architectural design, as well as the interior decoration, Mary has successfully completed many hundreds of projects. With a gift for drawing out the individuals, she particularly enjoys creating unique spaces for each client that look and feel like home to them. An advocate of a timeless interior, particular attention is given to drawing the landscape and architecture into the design. Energy-efficiency and sustainability are also introduced into the design equations. Mary has a passion for timber framing and works throughout the nation on these unique structures.

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Chris Miles

Project Manager

For over three decades, Chris Miles has been a home builder and remodeling professional in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. Introduced to green building in 2000, Chris Miles' curiosity of the new wave of eco-friendly building was piqued when he was introduced to an energy efficient builder through a local house talk program. Early 2006, Chris co-founded GreenCraft Builders L.L.C. and ran the "Bannister High Performance House". This home was a demonstration project for the US Department of Energy's "Building America" program to encourage homeowners and builders to live and build in a more fiscally and environmentally sensible manner. The Building Science Consortium has included this home as one of their national projects for 2007.

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Dan Fette

Superintendent

Dan Fette graduated from Texas A&M in 1983 with a BS in Building Construction and a MS in Construction Management. After many years of working for others in the construction industry, Dan founded Dan Fette Builders, Inc. in 2003 with the desire to build just a few really great houses a year. Dan currently serves as the Chairman of the Green Building Committee of the Home Builders Association (HBA) of Greater Dallas, and as incoming President of the HBA Denton Division. He is also a member of the Energy & Environmental Building Association.

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Carol Feldman

Landscape Architect

In Carol's landscape design practice, she primarily works with native Texas and well-adapted plant materials. She prefers these because they generally require less maintenance, are more disease tolerant, and can weather droughts well. Carol is the owner of Feldman Design Studios, an award-winning, full-service Landscape Design Company.

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Ryan Kerr

Intern

Ryan Kerr of Stockton recently joined ConSol as a consultant and design analyst, responsible for doing research for the Building Industry Research Alliance. Kerr recently graduated from University of Montana in Missoula, with a bachelor's degree in international business management and environmental studies. He also studied at Universidad de Rural in Guatemala, where he learned Spanish. Before joining ConSol, he was as a researcher with the U.S. Department of Energy.