Understand Levels of Energy Efficiency when Building a Custom Home in the Northwoods of Wisconsin

An energy efficient home contractor can design and build a house that will be as energy efficient as you want it to be. But understanding the difference between a residence that is merely well insulated and one that will help you really take a big chunk out of your utility bills can be tough for the average man or woman to understand. There are three commonly accepted levels of energy efficiency in new home constructing, and North Twin Builders can help at any of these levels.

Building your home to a light green level of energy-efficiency generally means building to minimum code requirements.

Taking the next step and selecting high quality, better sealed windows and utilizing the right insulation are a few good ways to reach medium green energy-efficiency. Also, air sealing and caulking are important and can help lower your utility bills by quite a bit.

The dark green level can vary quite a bit by your home’s location and the surrounding climate. A more developed external envelope with the highest quality energy-efficient windows are two options to reach this level.

How Energy Efficient Do You Wish Your Home To Be?

As a good energy efficient home contractor, we employ dedicated professionals who continually strive to improve their home building services and knowledge of energy efficient technologies. Green home building does not necessarily mean higher costs for construction either, and typically the long-term savings far outreach the initial expense. Much of it depends on choosing trained contractors who pay attention to detail when they work, and understand the many ways to improve a home’s performance.

As a green home builder, we are able to assist you in getting every possible tax incentive benefit. You can gauge the quality of your contractor’s customer service during the bidding process by asking how much they are willing to help you understand that process and take advantage of every potential benefit available to you in here in Northern WI and Upper MI.

Contact us and let us be your Northwoods energy-efficient home builder today!