How to Build an Energy Efficient Home

Building an energy efficient home will help reduce your electricity long-term. That’s only one of the many benefits of having an energy efficient home though. Here is a list of tips that will help you know what you incorporate into your home right from the start and why.

 

Solar Hot Water

 

Keeping your home heated and cooled can be about 18% of your energy bill. Switch to using energy to heat your water. Let the sun do the work! Windows can also allow too much heat to enter your home and not allow the sun to enter in the winter. Place your shade sails strategically around the home. This can also be done using internal blinds or curtains with fitted pelmets.

 

Solar Power

 

Generate your very own energy with the use of the sun. This may depend on where you live and how much shade is around your home. We recommend consulting with a solar energy company to see if this option is available to you.

 

Plant Trees

 

Trees planted on the sides of your home can not only be attractive but be great for shading the sun. Planting deciduous trees lose their leaves in the winter, so they let the sunlight in when it is most needed.

 

Minimize Reflected Heat

 

Paving under windows that are facing the sun will increase the heat in your room. The sun will naturally bounce off the paved area and go through the glass. It’s that simple!

 

Minimize Bore Use

 

If you have a bore, it uses electricity to pump water from the ground. Planting a water-wise garden will help reduce the usage of your bore.

 

These are five ways that you help your home become more energy efficient. For more tips for your specific home design, we would love to assist you. Give us a call today!

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This was our first time buying new construction and MaterBilt Homes made the process easy. We bought one of their finished semi-custom spec homes and we are very happy with our experience. They worked with us to find the right house for us, including exploring building from scratch, and were very responsive with any questions we had. Once we moved in, they exceeded our expectations in how quick they were to address any minor things that needed to be addressed. It is nice to deal with a smaller company where you get to know everyone and get a personalized experience.

 

Matt and Suzanne

Having built a home before with another builder that proved to be very frustrating, we were very nervous and cautious to build again. However, meeting and getting to know Jim and Dre from Masterbuilt Homes made us feel excited and comfortable to work with them. As the home progressed, they were great. Always responsive to all of our questions and concerns. Now having been in the home for about seven months, I can say that we are very satisfied with it and feel very comfortable recommending Masterbuilt to anyone. Thank you Jim and Dre.

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Jim, Clark, Andrea and Lizzie are by far the most amazing people ever. The have made us feel like a part of their family through this house building process. Not only have they been patient and understanding, but they truly care about our family and want this to be a great experience and have minimal stress. I don't have enough words of praise for this team. Highly recommend this builder.

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We had a wonderful experience building our first custom home with Jim and the rest of the MasterBilt team!!! Having never built before, we were a little overwhelmed with the whole process, but Jim was super patient and guided us along the way with all our important design decisions. He was flexible, efficient and always strived to keep us on budget but most importantly, made sure we were happy with whatever choices were made. We ended up with a beautiful custom built home that was exactly what we envisioned. We highly recommend MasterBilt Homes to anyone who is in the market for a custom built home!

Our home building experience with Masterbilt homes was outstanding! Jim and Clark are experienced craftsman who created a home exceeding our expectations in beauty, form and function. The Masterbilt team of craftsman were knowledgeable professional and pleasant to work with.   Throughout the entire build process, we felt comfortable knowing we were in the best of hands. It is always a pleasure when you work with professionals resulting in a finished home that exceeds your expectations. Thanks to the Masterbilt team that made it happen!

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We love our home had a wonderful experience building with Masterbilt! Dre and Jim were great to work with, answering all of our questions and helping us walk through the daunting process of building our first home. Dre, especially takes customer care to the next level and wanted to make sure we were 100% satisfied with every aspect of our new home. She went above and beyond in working closely alongside us throughout the whole building process. Not only is she super friendly and amazing at her job, she is also patient, honest and thoughtful. I valued her opinion greatly and found myself frequently asking her for advice on all things house related. When we were trying to stay on budget, Jim was able to offer us simple solutions to make sure that was possible as well. Additionally, they followed up with us multiple times after we had moved in to make sure everything was going smoothly. Overall, I would highly recommend building with Masterbilt Homes.  

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The Combs Family

Dear Jim & Clark:

We want to thank you both for all of your support and guidance in the rebuilding of our home. The loss of our home in the Waldo Canyon fire on June 26, 2012, was overwhelming, but with your patience and understanding of our situation we felt we were working with true friends.

We want you to know that we appreciate your dedication and enthusiasm when it came to the construction of our home, but also for your diligence, competence and desire to have your finished product be the best it can possibly be. Your hard work and attention to detail cannot be matched!

In addition, we felt your contractors and subcontractors were able, professional, and exacting in their work. More importantly, they were the nicest group of people. Congratulations for assembling this great collection of talent.

Our home will not be what it was before the fire….it will be a thousand times better thanks to you.

So, from the bottom of our hearts we want to thank you for your understanding and kindness during the rebuild of our home. We love our new home and appreciate all that you have done to make that happen.

Sincerely,

Gus & Gaile Combs