Maintaining a totally energy-efficient home can be a lot of work, especially during the chilly winters in the mountains. But an energy-efficient home is really the only way to ensure that you and your family stay warm and comfortable all season long — without paying sky-high energy bills. Our homes are so energy efficient and air tight that homeowners pay less per month on their energy bills than owners of older, used homes. Here's how we do it:
Maintaining a totally energy-efficient home can be a lot of work, especially during the chilly winters in the mountains. But an energy-efficient home is really the only way to ensure that you and your family stay warm and comfortable all season long — without paying sky-high energy bills.
If you live in an older home, and because heat can escape from the unlikeliest of places, you'll probably need to conduct a pricey energy audit to even know what to look for. Then there's the time and expense of caulking, sealing, insulating, replacing materials and products, and more to treat the heat loss. What a job!
Luckily, when you buy a new Brown Haven home in North Georgia, Western North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee, energy efficiency is built right into the construction process, lowering your home maintenance and energy costs for many years. Our homes are so energy efficient and air tight that homeowners pay less per month on their energy bills than owners of older, used homes. Here's how we do it:
Create Heat More Efficiently
Up to half of a home's energy is used for heating and cooling interior spaces. Today's energy-efficient furnaces provide maximum heat with minimum gas usage by electronically monitoring the thermostat to ensure precise temperature control. Having the right-sized HVAC system for your house is also critically important to maintain even temperatures room-to-room and control humidity levels.
Prevent Heat Loss
Your furnace works hard to warm your home. The number one thing you can do to lower your energy bills is to prevent that heat from escaping, so that it doesn't have to work even harder. While effectively sealing air leaks around floors, walls, ceilings, windows, doors, fireplaces, and outlets (yes, outlets!) is a given, the right insulation and window glass will help trap heat and keep it right where you need it.
Get Smart About Your Thermostat
Programmable thermostats increase efficiency in your heating and cooling system by learning how long it takes your system to reach your desired temperature, and activating the system earlier, so that your home is how warm or cool you want it to be, at the precise moment you want it. Smart thermostats that allow for multiple programming settings — like auto-adjusting on the weekends or when you are not home as often — will save you both money and the hassle of remembering.
Reverse Your Ceiling Fans
In rooms with ceilings of normal height, fans can keep you just as warm in the winter as they keep you cool in the summer, and can potentially lower your energy bill. At the first sign of cool weather, reverse the direction your ceiling fans turn — so that they are spinning clockwise — to pull cool air upward and push down the warmer air that naturally rises to the ceiling. Just be sure blades are spinning at the lowest possible setting.
All of these systems work together in a new Brown Haven home to keep your space as toasty as you'd like, for a lot less money. Here are some other quick tips that you can implement daily to keep your home warmer in the winter!
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