{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"EP147 Best of 2025: The Year RESNET\u00ae Hit Another Gear (December 2025)","description":"In this special \u201cBest of RESTALK 2025\u201d episode, host Bill Spohn looks back at the ideas and conversations that defined the year across the RESNET\u00ae ecosystem. Rather than a simple highlight reel, this episode weaves four major themes that kept surfacing\u2014from sweeping QA modernization efforts to the market forces accelerating HERS adoption to the emerging leaders reshaping the industry to the on-the-ground projects proving that high performance and affordability can coexist.   Across conversations with QA directors, software leaders, conference fellows, builders, lenders, and RESNET\u00ae founder Steve Baden, 2025 revealed an industry that\u2019s both maturing and reinventing itself. The year\u2019s strongest clips capture this mix of evolution and momentum: real-time QA replacing annual reports, financing that rewards low-carbon construction, programs nurturing new talent, and innovative housing models\u2014from 3D-printed concrete to all-electric Habitat townhomes\u2014delivering measurable results for families.   Whether you're a rater, builder, program manager, lender, policymaker, or simply someone who cares about the future of housing, this episode connects the dots on where RESNET\u00ae is headed\u2014and why the next few years will be pivotal for quality, credibility, and impact.     Major Themes Covered 1. QA as the Backbone: Apps, Automation & Trust Episodes: EP137, EP140, EP144, EP146 How RESNET\u00ae is modernizing QA with real-time data, tech upgrades, stronger staffing, and clearer processes\u2014protecting the credibility of HERS\u00ae as volumes scale. 2. Market Signals, Money & Scaling HERS\u00ae Episodes: EP136, EP138, EP142, EP145, EP146 Why HERS\u00ae grows fastest where incentives and financing tools align\u2014and how products like C-PACE and tax credits are turning performance into business value. 3. The People Pipeline: Conferences, Emerging Leaders & New Roles Episodes: EP136, EP137, EP138, EP146 The next generation of raters, analysts, and QA specialists entering the field, and how programs like Emerging Leaders keep the talent pipeline strong. 4. High-Performance, Affordable & Innovative Housing in Practice Episodes: EP139, EP141, EP143, EP145, EP146 Real projects\u20143D-printed homes, ERV best practices, net-zero-ready Habitat homes\u2014showing that innovation and affordability can move together.     Featured Guests (Across 2025 Episodes) Scott Doyle \u2013 Managing Director of QA, RESNET\u00ae Laurel Elam \u2013 Senior Director, RESNET\u00ae Steve Baden \u2013 Executive Director & RESNET\u00ae Founder Tricia Baker \u2013 Senior VP of Strategy & Impact, PACE Equity Carl Pier \u2013 In-house Engineer & HERS\u00ae Modeler, PACE Equity Emerging Leaders & Fellows \u2013 RESNET\u00ae ELC participants Raters, Builders & Habitat Teams from EP139, EP143, and others   To the RESNET\u00ae community, we hear you and want to engage. Learn more at www.RESNET.us. For more info on this topic, contact RESNET\u00ae at INFO@RESNET.US ","author_name":"RESTalk","author_url":"http:\/\/www.resnet.us\/","html":"