Addison Homes
This South Carolina builder produces high-performance homes, most of them certified to the DOE’s Zero Energy Ready program. Prices range from $100,000 to more than $600,000.
Read the points below to find out how the company competes with other builders in its market.

Fact #1
Addison’s profit margins are higher than those of competing builders, Todd Usher estimates, because the company strives to understand and optimize costs, a discipline cultivated by his NAHB 20 Club.
Fact #2
The company’s latest development is the 16-lot Trailside community near Greenville, S.C. Priced from the $250,000s, homes there will be Energy Star certified and solar ready.
Fact #3
Usher is a firm believer that quality- built homes don’t have to cost more.” We are comparable with other professional builders,” he says. “But we’re not going to compete with a two-guys-and-a-truck type of firm.”