The Prius of American Homes
February 5, 2011
Meritage Homes has created the “Prius” of new homes. They consume one-fourth the energy of typical homes built to code, and cost little more than a standard new home. As this video says, they will never build a home the old way again. The statement in the video at the 5-minute mark is remarkable.
Price Range: $176,900 to $231,900
Monthly Payment Range: $1,335 to $1,732
The website says, “The Only New Home Community in the Nation with Included Energy Efficient Technology with no cost to you!”
Lyon’s Gate, located in the southeast Phoenix, includes all these features in their new homes:
- ECHO Solar Electric/Thermal System
- Meritage Home Performance Wall System
- Spray Foam Insulation
- Super-high Performance Windows
- Energy Efficiency Lighting
- Weather Sensing Irrigation
- High Performance Plumbing Fixtures
They stole all these ideas from my book.
They do three things fundamentally differently:
- Staggered studs with polyurethane foam;
- Computer-controlled combined solar electric, solar heating, solar hot water and solar A/C unit;
- And (I think) a variable speed, variable output computer-controlled furnace and A/C unit.
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