By doing these simple things, we can save you up to 80% of the average utility bill:
Having an energy analyst evaluate your home location for solar array (the energy that can be derived from the sun).
Insulating properly.
Designing Passively.
Having an energy analyst evaluate your home location for solar array (the energy that can be derived from the sun).
Design to passive solar design methods
Insulation values. Use good high R values in your assemblies and use methods to delete thermal bridging for your whole envelope. From the footings to the roof.
Glazing. Good use of the correct glazing in the correct locations.
Air tightness is a key component.
When building your custom home it is important to analyze the project thoroughly and figure out where your money is best invested and where to get your best ROI (return on investment)
Building a CIP (Concrete Insulated Panel) home with our Monolith System provides an opportunity to think outside the box (unintended, but we’ll take it) and use the sun, environment and design to your advantage. The solar array analysis provides information on how best to capture and harness the sun's energy to your benefit. Assessing the location and orientation of your home and using the proper insulation and ventilation systems will lower the draw on your energy needs.
This will result in your mechanical system being small and used less, prolonging its life, in turn save money on upkeep, repairs and eventual replacement. With the thermal mass of your home, your heating and cooling equipment may come on 3 times a week rather than mulitple times a day to keep the home at your optimal temperature.
It’s investments like these that will pay dividends every month through lower energy bills. Lower energy bills are a direct result of a healthy living environment
Installing high-performance heating and cooling systems to keep your house at an optimal temperature is expensive, which means your house is far from functioning as it should. First, you pay upfront for the machinery and installation. After that, you will pay again and again every month as the system regulates, heating and cooling your house multiple times a day to keep you and your family in the desired comfort zone.
As your home is forced to heat up and cool down throughout the day, moisture content within the walls of a typical wood-framed house will form condensation encouraging mould and mildew growth.
With our CIP Monolith System and proper planning, your custom home stays at the desired temperature all year round and with just a little help from your small heating system. The thermal mass that is created with Monolith Systems will result in a steady environment that reduces temperature fluctuations in your home, and your HRV (Heat Recovery Ventilator) or ERV (Energy Recovery Ventilator) holds the humidity of your home between 45-55% relative humidity. This results in a healthy home that that is hard to explain until you have lived in one.
Monolith Systems provides a mental benifit as well, knowing that a durable build reduce the need for restoration and remediation that can occur in conventional builds due to moisture issues over the years; one of the leading culprits to home degradation, unexpected costs and the ill health of your family.
Using these lower-energy heating and cooling systems in conjunction with the natural thermal mass of CIP will keep your custom home comfortable and your energy bills manageable, healthy and digestible.
Compared to other building methods, CIP is a blessing to your bank account.
Below is a graph explaining the cost of consumption of an average B.C. home, a Certified Passive House and one of our CIP Monolith System homes built on Wain Rd that the Founder of NZ Builders built and lived in himself.
For more information or if you have any questions regarding how to save energy costs, please contact us.
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