More and more homebuyers are becoming concerned about the environmental impact of their homes. Efforts to reduce your carbon footprint can often seem overwhelming, relying on so many factors outside your control: After all, who can really influence how far food travels before it gets to your local grocery store?
When you buy an energy-efficient home, you are in charge.
By choosing eco-friendly features for your new home, you not only protect the natural world: You also reduce your overall cost of ownership by managing your energy use. Many green building techniques make it easier to heat and cool your home, which means less time running your HVAC system in all seasons of the year.
An energy-efficient home may be the most cost-effective place you’ll ever live.
The Key To Green Living Is Improving Your Home’s Natural Heat Cycle
An energy-efficient home is built from bottom to top to optimize the exterior envelope. This refers to the walls, the roof, and all the different components that keep heat from escaping and enable air to circulate naturally.
You probably learned in middle school science class that hot air naturally rises. This is a simple principle, but it’s remarkably important for your home. In many older homes, design flaws cause heat to get trapped. Much of the time, this leads to a sweltering hot attic that literally bakes roof shingles from below, damaging the roof.
Heat flow problems can make a home inefficient no matter the outside temperature. When the weather is cool, warm air will not be distributed effectively to all the rooms you want to heat up. When the weather is warm, some rooms may become stiflingly hot. This process repeats itself over and over.
Needless to say, that can add up to thousands of hours of extra work for your air conditioner.
When the builders at Atlas Homes first sat down at the drawing board to develop the best energy-efficient home around, we incorporated a number of industry-leading features. With improved protection and durability for your outer envelope, all of your other building systems work much better.
Our new homes include:
Plus, you won’t need to worry as much as the average homeowner about maintenance. Using the newest green construction technology leads to fewer repairs, replacements, and inspections down the line. Making sure that every component of a home is built to last is the best way to safeguard the environment and your family.
Four Ways Atlas Crafts Energy Efficient Homes Optimized For Florida
Energy-efficient home building is more popular than ever, but Atlas has been at the forefront of best practices for years. Our building techniques are based on deep engineering and construction insight, updated to benefit from today’s most promising innovations. And you get it all at our affordable prices.
1. R-30 Ceiling Insulation
R-30 ceiling insulation adheres to the highest quality standards to deliver excellent thermal properties. It is formulated for outstanding stability and long-term performance. It resists issues such as rot and mildew that are common in traditional homes and safeguards structural elements against moisture damage and corrosion.
2. R-13 Wall Insulation (On Wood Frame Homes)
Wood frame homes benefit from an extra boost when it comes to energy efficiency. Our R-13 wall insulation is soft to the touch and free of harsh chemicals such as formaldehyde that can break down over time while the material ages. It will last and last no matter what the sometimes harsh Florida climate throws at it.
3. Lennox 15 SEER HVAC System
Your HVAC system is one of the most crucial elements of your energy-efficient home. We ensure every square inch of your home benefits by using Lennox, the most trusted brand in commercial air conditioning and heating.
SEER, short for Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio, is one of the most recognized measures of HVAC efficiency. It indicates how much energy a system should be expected to use meeting the average cooling needs for a typical “cooling season” – in Florida, that season can last for most of the year, so nothing less than the best will do.
The Lennox 15 SEER HVAC has been selected after rigorous testing with Atlas Homes construction. Customers cheer its ability to meet their needs even at the height of summer while achieving industry-leading efficiency.
4. Honeywell Programmable WIFI Enabled Thermostat
Smart home technology can help you strive for even greater heights of energy efficiency, especially with a good thermostat. Your thermostat is the “brain” of your HVAC system. Over time, older thermostats lose calibration. Sensors they rely on to measure the temperature become inaccurate, which leads them to run too often.
Our Honeywell smart thermostats eliminate the problem with sophisticated sensor technology. Temperatures can be scheduled by the user for different times of day – for example, your home can start cooling down just in time for you to get home from work. If your plans change, you can log in wirelessly to adjust your settings.
At Atlas Homes, we know that a truly energy-efficient home starts from the ground up. In addition to these standard features, we will be glad to consult with you on the best layout and other options for a truly eco-conscious home. To find out more or get started, just contact us at Atlas Homes today.