Showing posts with label Green homes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Green homes. Show all posts

Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Health Benefits of Living in a Green Home

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With multiple communities in Charlotte, North Carolina and Charleston, South Carolina, the team at True Homes more than understands the importance and necessity of providing families with a safe, affordable, and most significantly, a healthy home. By providing green homes for our residents, True Homes is able to bring much more than just lower electric bills—you’ll enjoy real health benefits to help provide you and your family with a long and healthy life.

Reduction of Toxic Materials

For a lot of people, building and living in a new home comes with an almost unavoidable consequence of being exposed to harsh chemicals used in flooring, paint, and other construction materials. In today’s world, many non-green homes are comprised of compressed wood products that have been treated with preservatives such as formaldehyde; carpeting, which contains petroleum; and even countertops that may release trace amounts of uranium once they begin to decay. Life in a True Homes green home is designed with the health of your family in mind—meaning a healthy home contains almost no volatile organic compounds (VOC). In a green home, toxic materials are not used—allowing residents to see an immediate improvement in the safety, air quality, and overall health of all residing in their home. Of course, there are also numerous benefits associated with living in a home built with sustainable, eco-friendly materials and reduced electric bills.

Water Quality

Charlotte Real EstateWater is most essential to our everyday lives. Without water, or without properly filtered water, your risks of contracting contaminants like chlorine metals, VOC’s, and pesticides are greatly increased. Water quality isn’t only important for the water that you drink, you’re also using water brought in through your home to shower in, use to wash your laundry, and clean your dishes with. In a green home, a whole-house filtration system means that more than 99% of pollutants are removed from your water. Whole-house water filtration systems are easy to retrofit into an existing home, but can be even easier to install in a new construction home. Better water quality has been shown to greatly reduce the risk of you and your loved ones of developing respiratory problems, serious bacterial infections, and the onset of allergies.

Natural Light

Green homes are equipped with large, open, beautiful windows that allow much more natural light than traditional houses. Natural light not only brings down the cost of your electrical bills, but also brings improved psychological stimulation to you and your family that can result in increased happiness and natural vitamin D intake.

The benefits that come with living in a True Homes green home don’t just stop with this list—you’ll also enjoy the many perks of a vibrant, family oriented, blooming new community. To learn more about life with True Homes in Charleston and Charlotte as well as the steps we’ve taken to build some of the greenest homes on the market today, give us a call at (704) 937-2307 to speak with one of our representatives directly, or visit us online at www.truehomesusa.com.

Thursday, 26 April 2012

True Homes Committed to Green Homebuilding

Green homes CarolinaFor True Homes, nothing could be more important than creating a healthy living environment. Green, energy-efficient homebuilding is at the core of what we do, and establishing new green homes throughout North Carolina and South Carolina continues to be one of our central goals.

Green Building and Home Design

No longer is green a trend, it’s a necessity. With the high cost of energy, the demand for green, energy-efficient homes is on the rise. True Homes is answering the call, providing homebuyers with affordable green-building options that can work with any budget.
Every True Home is more than 40% more energy efficient and environmentally friendly than most average homes, bringing customers much delight in the enormous savings their “green investments” have provided. Through well-designed green construction and energy conservation efforts, most green-home buyers watch dinosaur utility bills shrink to a much more manageable and affordable size.

Green Tested and Certified

Green homes built by True Homes are all third-party tested and certified through the Home Energy Rating System (HERS Score), which is determined by a RESNET certified building inspector who provides standard evaluations of efficiency usage for every True Home's customer. The score compares the amount of energy used in the inspected home to a typical new or existing home. Lower scores mean greater efficiency and, greater savings.

In addition to the energy score and certification, True Homes also provides homeowners with Pre-drywall Energy Inspections and Air Leakage testing. As a final step, customers receive a written estimation of all anticipated savings. 
Go Green!
For more information on True Homes’ Green Homebuilding in North and South Carolina, visit us at: http://www.truehomesusa.com/carolinas-new-homes/true-green

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