Home  Contact  Directory  Build  Remodel  Consult  Speak

News of Green Building AndersonSargent
972 251-1532 
or 817 545-0140

Join our email list here.

Green Building Directory 
Green Building  
Green Remodel  

Comfort 
Conserve Energy
Consulting  
Eco-Developments  
Energy-Efficient   
Envelope 
Heat 
Joint Venture  
Passion 
Passive Solar 
Speaking  
Water  
Smaller=Greener

News and Events

Climate Regions

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) assigns specific locations to climate zones (see map) based on the area of the country in which the a building site is located. However, the following approximate definitions of each climate region have been developed by the Energy and Environmental Building Association (EEBA) based on information from the Department of Energy such as heating degree-days, average temperatures, and precipitation.

Although the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is officially considered a hot-humid climate, our region is on the dividing line between Hot-Humid and Mixed-Humid. Mixed-Humid is more the counties north of DFW on the Oklahoma border such as Clay, Montague, Cooke and Grayson. Hot-Humid is more the counties in East Texas and the Gulf Coast. 

Hot-Humid

A hot-humid climate is generally defined as a region that receives more than 20 in. (50 cm) of annual precipitation and where one or both of the following occur:

• A 67°F (19.5°C) or higher wet bulb temperature for 3,000 or more hours during the warmest 6 consecutive months of the year; or
• A 73°F (23°C) or higher wet bulb temperature for 1,500 or more hours during the warmest 6 consecutive months of the year.

Mixed-Humid

A mixed-humid climate is generally defined as a region that receives more than 20 in. (50 cm) of annual precipitation, has approximately 5,400 heating degree days (65°F basis) or fewer, and where the average monthly outdoor temperature drops below 45°F (7°C) during the winter months.

Contact Terry Jensen at 972 251-1532 or 817 545-0140.

Green Builders
972 251-1532 or 817 545-0140

The U.S. Department of Energy chose AndersonSargent as the
 National 2006 Builder of the Year
for their energy-efficient homes. 
The National Association of Home Builders chose AndersonSargent as the builder of the
"Best Green Concept Home in America."
Jim Sargent was the first designee of the The Energy and Environmental Building Association (EEBA) as
"Master Builder"

For more information about green building of your home with AndersonSargent, green building education, green renovation of your present home, comfortable and healthy homes, green building joint ventures, green building sales, or green building consulting, contact Terry Jensen at 972 251-1532 or 817 545-0140.

For up-to-date green building information, join our email list here.

AndersonSargent: Home Builder, Consultant, Developer, Renovator, Remodeler, and Innovator in the home-building field in Dallas-Fort Worth. Directory of Anderson Sargent Services.