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Solar Hot Water Heaters—The Things They Didn’t Tell You PART I If you have a solar hot water heater and you are thinking of going on a vacation or looking to move out here is a story that might save you a lot of problems. We were in the process of selling our newly renovated energy efficient home.... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ If it is not an Ecobuilt™ Energy Efficient Home Your Energy Costs Are Going Through The Roof “A chain is only as good as its weakest link” when restated for home energy conservation purposes is: A home’s energy efficiency and comfort is only as good as its’ thermal package. The thermal package is everything... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ ENERGY EFFICIENT MORTGAGES F0R ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES DATE BACK TO THE 1980’S In the 1980’s when the Energy Efficient Home Team™ (EEHT) built their first Ecobuilt™ energy efficient home development in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the energy efficient mortgage (EEM) was in its infancy. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation pioneered the development...... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ energy efficient homes - "Weatherization—A Worthwhile Program Or Not?" The Weatherization Program is a government funded social program aimed to aid low-income homeowners and renters to make their homes more energy efficient. Formed under the Department of Energy, weatherization started back in 1976 in response to the oil crisis. The impact of the crisis on low-income families spurred a call to action.... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ energy efficient homes - "Valuing Energy Efficiency in Homes" With soaring energy costs in the country the question is being asked more and more if the energy efficiency of a home should be taken into consideration when being appraised? The answer is yes. As energy costs continue to rise, the value of a home that is more efficient then the standard home should receive higher valuation..... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ energy efficient homes - "Tips For Buying An Energy Efficient Home- PART II" Some utility companies will perform an abbreviated version of the Energy Efficient Home Raters™ audit. Most utility companies upon request will provide information concerning the past usage/consumption of prior customers on an annual basis and sometimes they will break it down monthly. Either way this could be an ominous task and very expensive as you look... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ energy efficient homes - "Tips For Buying An Energy Efficient Home Part I" If this is your first experience purchasing a home or your 10th you should familiarize yourself with the things you need to check if you are going to make a wise purchase and not a home that is an energy drain. If the seller or builder balks at your questions and is less than cooperative we recommended that you say—next and move on..... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ energy efficient homes - "Solar Energy Is Free But Can You Afford The Cost Of The Equipment" With a major emphasis placed on the ever increasing cost of energy to heat and air condition a home consumers are seeking alternative means to bring the cost of energy down and ease up on the planets natural resource supply. It seems that (Direct) solar panels .... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ energy efficient homes - "Energy Efficient Homes—Windows, Part III" Generally cold will come out of the north for most of the northern hemisphere. The cold coming down from the North Pole will penetrate the small cracks between the glass and the frame of even the best operating type windows. If personal preference is to have northern windows make them small and use.... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ energy efficient homes - "Energy Efficient Homes—Windows, PART II" Your windows may be 10% of your overall home energy loss and if you do not have a way to test your thermal envelope you may end up being another customer being taken advantage of by a good window salesperson. A blower door test will reveal how bad your windows are and how.... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ energy efficient homes - "Energy Efficient Homes—Windows PART 1" Windows play an extremely important role in a home and they have both valuable benefits and negative characteristics. Starting with the positive benefits windows are the eyes of a home. One is able to look at the outside environment through a window and see.... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ energy efficient homes - "Energy Efficient Home Yields a Substantial Return on Investment" What is the best real estate investment one can make in the 21st century? An Ecobuilt™ energy efficient building envelope is the answer. What is this? It is the entire outside surface design of the building you live or work in...... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ energy efficient homes - "Cost of Utilities—Have You Taken Them into Account? Part II" When consumers are at their maximum on debt to equity ratios and utility bills only continue to rise, it becomes a matter of “robbing Peter to pay Paul”. That once simple mortgage payment of $1933 is often times cannibalized to pay utility bills... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ energy efficient homes - "Cost of Utilities—Have You Taken Them into Account? Part I" The growing trend in America, as has been for many years, is to get the biggest and best home that one can possibly afford. Generally, new homeowners buy homes up to the maximum amount possible based on their income, credit score, and debt to equity ratio. What many homeowners don’t take into account when deciding to purchase a new home is..... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ energy efficient homes - "Blower Door Tests Give Biggest Bang For The Buck!" A blower door test will reveal areas where there are cracks, crevices, gaps, etc in the exterior structure of a home that will allow outside air to move through to the inside ..... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ An Ecobuilt™ Energy Efficient Home Qualifies for Preferential Mortgage Consideration Just about every where you go these days in the USA people are talking about the high prices for gasoline. At least for now one can only hope that we have reached a plateau at $3.00 a gallon. Car manufacturers are producing vehicles that use hybrid fuel systems of ethanol blends, propane, bio-fuel, etc. How has the housing industry... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ A 4163 sq ft Ecobuilt™ Energy Efficient Home heats with light bulbs winter 2005/06 In 2006 The Energy Efficient Home Team™ completed a new Ecobuilt™,energy efficient sustainable home, using an antique 1886 hand hewn oak post and beam barn with cathedral ceiling heights of 18 feet and an open look within... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ A 3200 Square Foot Ecobuilt™ Energy Efficient Home Heated for $473 in the Winter of 05/06 In 1986 The Energy Efficient Home Team™ developed the Ecobuilt™ high energy efficient building envelope technology that 20 years later still leads the housing industry for energy conservation. Using conventional building materials The Energy Efficient Home Team™ constructed the Ecobuilt™ 3200 square foot home... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™ A 3 Bedroom Ecobuilt™ Energy Efficient Home Heated for $146 and Cooled for $173 In 1987 Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation audited the Energy Efficient Home Team’s™ Ecobuilt™ high energy efficient ranch home design. This 3 bed-room two bath home design according to Owens-Corning’s audit results would heat ... By: Energy Efficient Home Team™

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