Jacob Atalla's guest appearances

Jacob Atalla

RESTalk

Fannie Mae

Natalie Miles

Freddie Mac

Bill Spohn

Tim Smith

Alex Meaney

Matthew Cooper

Mark Johnson

Drew Lynch

David Choo

David Goldstein

Bundle Design

Mike Browne

Wes Davis

Sandra Adomatis

OwlTail

“Positive attitude plus effort equals performance.” Tommy Tuberville   As we hear more about droughts, what is the impact on residential new construction?   Why did KB Home feel it was important to commit to the WaterSense label for all future home builds in Arizona, California, and Nevada?   How is KB Home using RESNET’s HERSH2O water efficiency rating system to address water consumption without sacrificing performance for homeowners?     Jacob Atalla, VP of Innovation and Sustainability for KB Home joins us to discuss the important work is being done to create more water efficient homes using RESNET’s HERSH2O water efficiency rating system.    We discuss the importance of water efficiency, the trends over time and the stakeholders that value water efficiency.   Jacob also shares the background on RESNET’s HERSH2O water efficiency rating system, how it was created and how it is an easy “add” to the work performed by a HERS Rater.   Jacob helps us understand the long history of work KB Home has done and some of the awards they have received as a positive force in this area.   According to the US EPA, WaterSense labeled homes use at least 30% less water than a typical home and can save a household 50,000 gallons of water annually, on average.    To date, KB Home has built over 18,000 WaterSense labeled and Water Smart homes — more than any other homebuilder — and installed over 900,000 WaterSense labeled fixtures. The company estimates that these homes, together with the WaterSense labeled fixtures within them, conserve approximately 1.6 billion gallons of water annually.   We also touch on the water/energy nexus discovering that Las Vegas homes built by KB Home (as part of an EPA study) saw savings of an extra 1,100 kWh annually (beyond the savings estimated by the RESNET HERS rating alone) due to the overall water conservation, a portion of which is hot water conservation.      Learn more about RESNET’s HERSH2O water efficiency rating system here: https://www.resnet.us/about/hersh2o/   Read about the KB Home WaterSense commitment to the Arizona, California, and Nevada housing markets.  https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220721005288/en/KB-Home-Becomes-First-National-Homebuilder-to-Commit-to-EPA%E2%80%99s-Highest-Water-efficiency-Standards-in-Drought-stricken-Arizona-California-and-Nevada   Hear more on the RESNET HERSH2O water efficiency rating system in three past episodes of RESTalk, EP50, EP79 and EP83.    https://restalk.libsyn.com/ep50-introducing-the-resnet-water-efficiency-rating-system-hersh2o-with-mark-johnson-icc-and-jacob-atalla-kb-home    https://restalk.libsyn.com/ep-79-california-dreamin-collaboration-between-resnet-and-california-rating-providers-on-hers-h2o-with-ryan-meres-and-russ-king    https://restalk.libsyn.com/ep83-why-raters-should-be-certified-for-hersh20-with-ryan-meres     RESTalk: To the RESNET community, we hear you and want to engage. Learn more at www.RESNET.us Or for more info on this topic contact RESNET at INFO@RESNET.US

“Positive attitude plus effort equals performance.” Tommy Tuberville As we hear more about droughts, what is the impact on residential new construction? Why did KB Home feel it was important to commit to the WaterSense label for all future home builds in Arizona, California, and Nevada? How is KB Home using RESNET’s HERSH2O water efficiency rating system to address water consumption without sacrificing performance for homeowners? Jacob Atalla, VP of Innovation and Sustainability for KB Home joins us to discuss the important work is being done to create more water efficient homes using RESNET’s HERSH2O water efficiency rating system.  We discuss the importance of water efficiency, the trends over time and the stakeholders that value water efficiency. Jacob also shares the background on RESNET’s HERSH2O water efficiency rating system, how it was created and how it is an easy “add” to the work performed by a HERS Rater. Jacob helps us understand the long history of work KB Home has done and some of the awards they have received as a positive force in this area. According to the US EPA, WaterSense labeled homes use at least 30% less water than a typical home and can save a household 50,000 gallons of water annually, on average.  To date, KB Home has built over 18,000 WaterSense labeled and Water Smart homes — more than any other homebuilder — and installed over 900,000 WaterSense labeled fixtures. The company estimates that these homes, together with the WaterSense labeled fixtures within them, conserve approximately 1.6 billion gallons of water annually. We also touch on the water/energy nexus discovering that Las Vegas homes built by KB Home (as part of an EPA study) saw savings of an extra 1,100 kWh annually (beyond the savings estimated by the RESNET HERS rating alone) due to the overall water conservation, a portion of which is hot water conservation.    Learn more about RESNET’s HERSH2O water efficiency rating system here: <a href="https://www.resnet.us/about/hersh2o/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.resnet.us/about/hersh2o/</a> Read about the KB Home WaterSense commitment to the Arizona, California, and Nevada housing markets. <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220721005288/en/KB-Home-Becomes-First-National-Homebuilder-to-Commit-to-EPA%E2%80%99s-Highest-Water-efficiency-Standards-in-Drought-stricken-Arizona-California-and-Nevada" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220721005288/en/KB-Home-Becomes-First-National-Homebuilder-to-Commit-to-EPA%E2%80%99s-Highest-Water-efficiency-Standards-in-Drought-stricken-Arizona-California-and-Nevada</a> Hear more on the RESNET HERSH2O water efficiency rating system in three past episodes of RESTalk, EP50, EP79 and EP83. <a href="https://restalk.libsyn.com/ep50-introducing-the-resnet-water-efficiency-rating-system-hersh2o-with-mark-johnson-icc-and-jacob-atalla-kb-home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://restalk.libsyn.com/ep50-introducing-the-resnet-water-efficiency-rating-system-hersh2o-with-mark-johnson-icc-and-jacob-atalla-kb-home</a> <a href="https://restalk.libsyn.com/ep-79-california-dreamin-collaboration-between-resnet-and-california-rating-providers-on-hers-h2o-with-ryan-meres-and-russ-king" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://restalk.libsyn.com/ep-79-california-dreamin-collaboration-between-resnet-and-california-rating-providers-on-hers-h2o-with-ryan-meres-and-russ-king</a> <a href="https://restalk.libsyn.com/ep83-why-raters-should-be-certified-for-hersh20-with-ryan-meres" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://restalk.libsyn.com/ep83-why-raters-should-be-certified-for-hersh20-with-ryan-meres</a> RESTalk: To the RESNET community, we hear you and want to engage. Learn more at <a href="http://www.resnet.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.RESNET.us</a> Or for more info on this topic contact RESNET at INFO@RESNET.US

EP103 KB Home Creating More Water Efficient Homes with RESNET’s HERSH2O and EPA WaterSense with Jacob Atalla

 “If you can't measure it, you can't improve it.” -Peter Drucker   Over the last decade, what Americans pay for water and sewer service has increased three times faster than inflation or the price of food.    How can builders and homeowners get a handle the amount of water being used without some kind of practical and usable metric for both new and existing homes?       Join us as we plunge into the depths of HERSH20, RESNET’s new water efficiency rating system.   Both of our guests today, Mark Johnson from ICC and Jacob Atalla from KB Home, were intimately involved in the development of this Standard 850.    Listen in as we learn how the standard addresses water efficiency and why ICC decided to collaborate with RESNET in the development of this standard.   We learn how the index score is determined and what the home is being rated against.   Our guests also describe why a builder might want to get a HERS H2O rating on their homes.   To learn more, view the slide deck on this topic from the RESNET 2020 conference by going to this link: www.bit.ly/HERSH2O     RESTalk: To the RESNET community, we hear you and want to engage.   Pros can learn more at www.RESNET.us/professional  Consumers can learn more at www.RESNET.us Or for more info on this topic contact RESNET at INFO@RESNET.US

“If you can't measure it, you can't improve it.” -Peter Drucker Over the last decade, what Americans pay for water and sewer service has increased three times faster than inflation or the price of food.  How can builders and homeowners get a handle the amount of water being used without some kind of practical and usable metric for both new and existing homes? Join us as we plunge into the depths of HERSH20, RESNET’s new water efficiency rating system. Both of our guests today, Mark Johnson from ICC and Jacob Atalla from KB Home, were intimately involved in the development of this Standard 850.  Listen in as we learn how the standard addresses water efficiency and why ICC decided to collaborate with RESNET in the development of this standard. We learn how the index score is determined and what the home is being rated against. Our guests also describe why a builder might want to get a HERS H2O rating on their homes. To learn more, view the slide deck on this topic from the RESNET 2020 conference by going to this link: <a href="http://www.bit.ly/HERSH2O" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.bit.ly/HERSH2O</a> RESTalk: To the RESNET community, we hear you and want to engage. Pros can learn more at <a href="http://www.resnet.us/professional" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.RESNET.us/professional</a> Consumers can learn more at <a href="http://www.resnet.us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.RESNET.us</a> Or for more info on this topic contact RESNET at INFO@RESNET.US

EP50 Introducing the RESNET Water Efficiency Rating System HERSH2O with Mark Johnson (ICC) and Jacob Atalla (KB Home)

Lately we hear a lot of buzz words in the home building community: Sustainable. Healthy. Smart. Flexible.   What would it be like to actually execute on all these parameters? All at once. In one home.   Well KB Home did it in the KB Home Projekt!   Listen in to my conversation with Jacob Atalla, VP of Sustainability Initiatives with KB Home as he expands on KB’s vision, strategies and execution of these 4 pillars.   From the offsite manufacturing of the panels and floor cassettes, to novel insulation materials, to the Google Assistant integrations of the 250 devices in the home that have unique IP address. KB Home has harnessed the tremendous brain power in collaboration with partners over an 18-month period that launched the Projekt Home at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NV in January 2019.   Learn more at www.KBHomeProjekt.com The KB Home ProjeKt breaks new ground in smart home building through innovative partnerships and cutting-edge technology that helps residents improve their physical and emotional health and well-being, and is designed to flex with the needs of its homeowners. Located in Inspirada, one of the bestselling master plans in the U.S. and a dynamic, connected and growing community, the KB Home ProjeKt is a short distance from the Las Vegas strip and CES, and is a full-scale, immersive home experience of “where tomorrow lives.” All disciplines in the building industry should come to the annual conference which will be held in New Orleans, LA Feb 25-27, 2019 more info at: http://conference.resnet.us/   Learn more in person during the 2019 RESNET conference session on the KB Home Projekt.   RESTalk: To the RESNET community, we hear you and want to engage.   Pros can learn more at www.RESNET.us/professional Consumers can learn more at www.RESNET.us Or for more info on this topic contact RESNET at INFO@RESNET.US

Lately we hear a lot of buzz words in the home building community: Sustainable. Healthy. Smart. Flexible. What would it be like to actually execute on all these parameters? All at once. In one home. Well KB Home did it in the KB Home Projekt! Listen in to my conversation with Jacob Atalla, VP of Sustainability Initiatives with KB Home as he expands on KB’s vision, strategies and execution of these 4 pillars. From the offsite manufacturing of the panels and floor cassettes, to novel insulation materials, to the Google Assistant integrations of the 250 devices in the home that have unique IP address. KB Home has harnessed the tremendous brain power in collaboration with partners over an 18-month period that launched the Projekt Home at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NV in January 2019. Learn more at <a href="http://www.kbhomeprojekt.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.KBHomeProjekt.com</a> The KB Home ProjeKt breaks new ground in smart home building through innovative partnerships and cutting-edge technology that helps residents improve their physical and emotional health and well-being, and is designed to flex with the needs of its homeowners. Located in Inspirada, one of the bestselling master plans in the U.S. and a dynamic, connected and growing community, the KB Home ProjeKt is a short distance from the <a>Las Vegas</a> strip and CES, and is a full-scale, immersive home experience of “where tomorrow lives.” All disciplines in the building industry should come to the annual conference which will be held in New Orleans, LA Feb 25-27, 2019 more info at: <a href="http://conference.resnet.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://conference.resnet.us/</a> Learn more in person during the 2019 RESNET conference session on the KB Home Projekt. RESTalk: To the RESNET community, we hear you and want to engage. Pros can learn more at <a href="http://www.resnet.us/professional" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.RESNET.us/professional</a> Consumers can learn more at <a href="http://www.resnet.us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.RESNET.us</a> Or for more info on this topic contact RESNET at INFO@RESNET.US