Finding a High Performance Builder
Designing and constructing an energy-efficient house requires careful planning and attention to details. Go Green, NM takes a whole-house systems approach and can help you and your designer develop a successful strategy for incorporating energy efficiency into your home's design.
Once you've seen all the benefits of buying and living in a high-performing home, you'll probably want to find a builder that thinks like you do. The good news is that the number of builders that take a "systems approach" and build high-performance homes is increasing every day.
What is a High Performance Home?
High performance builders:
- Follows a systems approach to building homes.
- Takes into consideration resource efficiency, comfort, safety, and durability.
- Recognize that "first-cost" is not the only valid economic criteria for homes.
High performance homes:
- Will consume fewer resources at construction and throughout their life.
- Will be more comfortable to live in without the typical comfort problems that plague many homes, old and new.
- Are safer to live in, being less susceptible to the unintended consequences of less thoughtful construction.
- Are more durable, having considered the environment that they face on a daily basis.
- Considerably out-perform homes built in a conventional way.
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