What is a high performance home?
Castillo Housing's high performance homes are designed to maximize energy savings and provide a healthier indoor environment. Consideration is given to natural amenities, proper solar orientation, tree placement for shading in order to maximize energy efficiency, and extensive quality controlled construction measures to ensure all systems are integrating to perform at their highest levels. An independent review of the plans and speciation’s is conducted by a third party energy rater before, during, and after construction to document proper high performaning home levels. Castillo Housing high performance homes are built at least 25% more efficient than a comparable homes built to the modern energy code.
High Performance Home Benefits
A Castillo Housing high performance home offers many benefits to homeowners. Our homes are not only built to be more energy efficient but will also provide you with greater comfort and durability. Higher quality air filters are used to remove air pollutants that can enter your home. Careful consideration is given to the selection of materials and finishes that offer the greatest durability which will the increase life span of your home and require less maintenance.
We use reduce water consuming plumbing fixtures and high efficiency lighting and air conditioning equipment which helps conserve our natural resources and translates to lower utility cost for you and your family. Other notable features of a Castillo Housing high performance home includes: low e insulated glass windows and increased insulation in walls, attics, around pipes, and ducts to minimize drafts and improved overall comfort level.
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