Like golf scores, lower means better with home energy ratings.
When you pull a club from your golf bag and endeavor to “put it in the hole,” as galleries of onlookers often shout to the golfers, your goal is to ultimately bring home your [...]
Living large, living luxuriously
The elegant look of a multi-gabled English countryside estate. The sumptuous space throughout, highlighted by wooden floors and well-appointed amenities; the comfort of knowing that the house is an EPA Indoor airPLUS qualified home [...]
RESNET Releases Consumer Video Explaining the HERS Index
“Believe it or not, it is the norm for our company to regularly achieve HERS scores for our clients in the 30’s, 20’s, and just recently scored a 19 for a home just completed! [...]
Bathrooms Totally Beyond
Used to be a bathroom was a smallish, confined area that carried the basic necessities of a commode, shower, and sink. But in today’s luxury homes, it’s not your grandfather’s privy anymore. Bathrooms are [...]
The Benefits of Choosing a Custom Home Builder
Planning your new home can be a tricky process, one that can prove tough to navigate at times. But certainly one of the first questions to consider is whether working with a true custom-home [...]
Keeping Water Out of Your Home
Any homeowner in the St. Louis area knows that water is one of a home’s year round most formidable foes. Your residence is under constant attack from the elements. As seasons change, the barrage [...]
Are you ready for Zero Energy Ready Homes?
It’s coming, the prototypes are out there, and they’re receiving critical acclaim - Zero Energy Ready Homes. As defined by the Department of Energy, a Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) is a high performance [...]
Creating comfort in your home
Creating a superior living experience for our homeowners, and providing distinct advantages over traditional construction begins with one word: Comfort. Comfort isn’t something you see when you tour a home or look at pictures [...]
The Green MLS Tool Kit
In a previous blog, we showed that as the interest in green homes rises, it is of growing importance to also market a home’s sustainable features in multiple listing services (MLS). For example, the [...]
Indoor airPLUS: More Energy Efficiency and Quality for Your Home
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Indoor airPLUS program was designed to go hand in hand with the agency’s ENERGY STAR program—a joint effort to help builders meet the growing consumer preference for homes with [...]
