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Energy Saving homes gain
in popularity
The old saying fail top plan, plan to
fail takes on a new meaning this year. Homeowners do need to have a plan
of attack to keep their energy costs in check and ensure their families
are warm and safe through the winter.
Adding more insulation to your home,
replacing drafty windows, sealing air leaks, upgrading your furnace
should be on the list of things to do. On some homes upgrading to meet
today's energy costs is relatively easy. On other homes it turns into an
expense that may not add to the value of your home. Even small tasks
that save your energy dollars though should not be overlooked. As they
say 'every little bit helps'. |
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| DESIGN TIP: When winterizing
your home do so with an "energy audit" mind set. If the budget
allows upgrading all windows to high performance energy efficient
great. If the budget cannot support that consider replacing those
windows which are the least energy efficient first. Staying with a
brand name manufacture for windows will ensure that if you want to
replace more windows in the following years the style will be very
similar. Air leakage from old windows in homes today are equal to
leaving one window open all winter. How much does that cost to have
the furnace running to heat the great outdoors? |
| Many customers are on the fence about
buying a new home rather than upgrade their old home. They know a new
home will provide them with the energy saving features they want but the
market has people scared. Many people too are looking at a system built
green energy home because of the cost, the features and the quality that
goes into each home. Many factory built home manufactures have been
building energy efficient homes for years. Some have changed their
product specification to only build energy star compliant homes for
their customers. Saving home energy is no longer a nice thing to do, it
is now the must thing to do. Being energy smart with today's home is
good for the country. |
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Outside air leaking into homes is the
major cause of heat and cooling costs. On site built homes it is rare to
cut open a wall section and find the holes drilled for wires and
plumbing to be caulked to prevent this unwanted change of air. In the
system built home industry one of the main jobs after framing is to make
sure all of these openings are sealed. Air changes in a home are good
and provide a healthy, comfortable living condition but should not be
provided by unknown sources that cannot be controlled. |
| One of the first places to start in building an
energy efficient home is in the design stage. Most people focus on
the floor plan for their new home which is important but do not overlook
the entire house design and site layout which can save you a lot of
money with some attention to detail. The size of the
home, placement on the lot and use of windows and doors all play a part
in a great green energy home project being successful. Special attention
should be placed on the placement of the home on the building lot. Solar
gain and wind protection are working on your home every day, 24 hours a
day. These two major natural forces can be used to your advantage by
proper planning early in the building process. |
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| Windows and doors play a major part in a
new homes style, comfort, and curb appeal. They also play a big roll in
a new homes energy footprint. Windows are an expensive part of any
building project. Low quality windows will cost the same as premium
windows once the time line of ownership is extended using the cost of
energy as a factor. When building a new home if the budget needs to be
trimmed often using a less expensive window becomes the building
specification. This is a mistake. You see ads for replacement windows
all the time. Replacement windows is a giant industry because people
opted to go with an inferior window and paid the price for that decision
and now need to suffer the costs of correcting that decision. Always go
for a high quality window when building your new home. High performance
glass, tilt in washing features and lifetime window hardware are just
some of the features you will get with a better window verses a budget
window. |
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| Window and doors in your home design or
plan should be sized and placed for greatest energy savings. The forces
of nature are working everyday to equalize the temperature and humidity
difference between your family room and your back yard. This goes on
every minute of the day and night year after year. Your job is to make
this tug of war favor your side as much as possible. An on site energy
analysis taking into account the views you want to maintain and the
gains you want to realize from both natural light and solar gain will
result in properly placing the windows in your home for not only
enjoyable living but energy savings as well. |
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| People seek out the EnergyStar Logo when
shopping for everything from dishwashers to computers. Did you know that
you can also build a new home with the nationally recognized Energy Star
certification? It is the smart thing to do and provide an exceptional
value in addition to the quality and comfort you will enjoy in your new
home. |
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A new home built to the
exacting standards of the national Energy Star program results in a home
built by specialists that are driven to provide the best home value for
their customers. This built in value translates to a much higher resale
value insuring your homes investment. |
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Saving home energy used to be something
that few considered important in a new home. Home owners today from a
cozy ranch style home in Colorado to a sprawling million dollar mansion
in Connecticut now all see the importance of building a new home
correctly from the start saves money and provides better comfort year
after year. |
A new trend in the press for home building is "Green". Green building is
simple making sure that home built make the best use of resources and materials
to have the smallest impact on the environment. These impacts can affect
landfill sites, petro-fuels used, natural and man made materials and a host of
other things. That is on the manufacturing or building side. On the end use
side, water conservation comes into play as well as appliance usage, home
upkeep and a host of other things.
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The United State is pretty big. Climates differ from region to region as do
heating systems and costs. If you would like to share your home energy saving
tips or tell us about a good system built builder of energy efficient homes just
e-mail us at: sales@modularhomes.ipower.com |
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