BuildingHomesGreen: Making Your Home More Comfortable & Affordable
Let us build your home, or let us help you make your home more energy efficient If you are already working with a contractor or builder, we will team up with them to greenergize your project. We are builders of high-efficiency homes, but we are also happy to partner with your contractor on your existing project. Give us a call!
If you are curious about what a Home Performance Report looks like, and how we can suggest improvements to both existing homes and new construction, take a look at this sample report, which includes common recommendations and photos of energy testing results.
You can also see the ideas and recommendations we propose by reviewing this presentation, which Tom Danielsen gave at a recent conference: Energy Savings with Real Time Payback.
And here is another presentation Tom gave: Energy Upgrades Presentation.
Example of Energy-Efficient New Homes and Remodels:
| 807 Smith Flat Road Angels Camp, CA |
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Ground up Custom Energy Efficient construction with attention to detail.
Heating and Cooling costs are under 30 cents a square foot per YEAR (propane costs in the Angels Camp area run approximately $3.00 per gallon).
This house has been heated and cooled 24 hours/ 365 days a year for over 5 years. |
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Conventional build with Energy Efficient measures include:
- Air Sealing
- R-40+ attic insulation wet applied cellulose
- R-19 wet applied cellulose wall insulation
- R-19 knee wall insulation
- Fully insulated foundation
- Full performing HVAC system - 1200 square foot per ton including duct/register design and under 5% duct leakage.
- Fully designed and tested ventilation systems
- Full Radiant floor heating with High efficient hot water heating system
- Fluorescent lighting
- Energy Star appliances
- Tested for efficiency
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| Home in Poker Flat, Copperopolis, CA |
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Full interior/exterior remodel with attention to detail
Completely gutted entire 3,500 Square foot vacation home. |
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Remodel included:
- Kitchen with hand crafted cabinets
- Master suite and bathroom
- Fully detailed wet bar with hand crafted cabinets
- Two guest bathrooms
- hand crafted floors and stair railing
- Fully rebuilt over 2,000 square feet of outside decking
- Replaced cedar shingles with cement shingle siding
- Rebuilt boat ramp staging area
- Created pad for Hot Tub
- Out-side kitchen with sink
- Full performing HVAC System
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| 1550 Pawnee(Big Trees) Dorrington, CA |
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Full Remodel/addition with Energy Efficient Upgrades with high attention to detail:
- Gutted entire home including 1,800 square foot addition + 2 car Garage with 800 square foot covered porch
- Fully remodeled Master suite with steam room/shower
- Custom gourmet Kitchen
- Two guest baths
- Three fireplaces with natural stone
- 1,500 square feet of driveway and parking area, including retaining walls
- Full metal roof with copper gutters
- Full Cedar split log exterior siding
- Full interior pine split log pine siding
- Natural stone fireplace masonry
- Hand dug and reinforced entire basement under existing home to create full height storage
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Energy upgrades:
- Complete air sealing of shell
- Conditioned walk-in crawl space
- Open cell foam on all floor decking
- R-19 wet applied Cellulose insulation in all exterior walls
- R-30 Rigid foam for entire roof deck (roof insulation)
- Fully designed and tested ventilation systems for bathrooms and kitchen
- LED and florescent lighting
- Full performing HVAC System with duct/register design and installation (cooling designed to 1,500 square feet per Ton)
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| Manzanita Ave, Arnold, CA |
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Full interior remodel with high attention to detail:
- Fully gutted entire home
- New Kitchen and bathroom
- Hand crafted Pine trim and wanes coating
- Stone masonry for hearth
- Air sealed all open walls
- Fiberglass QII installation
- Full Performing HVAC
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