Beazer Homes Takes eSMART Program to Heightened Levels of Performance
12 1월 2010 - 12:47AM
Marketwired
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH), one of the country's top 10
homebuilders, today announced the expansion of its eSMART
initiative to include three progressive levels of high-performance
homes, all engineered as a whole-house system to achieve greater
energy efficiency, conserve water and improve indoor air quality.
The enhancements strengthen the Company's eco-friendly home
offerings and are modeled after best practices from its
award-winning "green" building partner Imagine Homes of San
Antonio.
In its most ambitious move yet in developing a high performance
home from the foundation up, Beazer has introduced construction
practices to address the home's thermal envelope and prevent
unnecessary air leakage -- thereby reducing energy use.
Beginning this month, all newly constructed Beazer homes will
include additional air sealing and framing techniques that allow
for more insulation per home, and include denser insulation within
walls and attic spaces as well as energy-efficient low-e windows,
at no additional cost to the consumer.
These and other enhancements come after four years of extensive
collaboration with Imagine Homes, winner of the 2008 and 2009
National Association of Homebuilders' (NAHB) Green Building Awards.
Beazer has been a principal investor in Imagine since 2006.
"Our goal has been to leverage Imagine's expertise as an
award-winning green home builder to help us gain insights into
practical solutions for our homes," said Ian J. McCarthy, president
and CEO of Beazer Homes. "We've taken their best practices -- those
that have the most impact on the home's operation -- and have
included them in our eSMART high performance homes."
Additional energy-saving features incorporated into every Beazer
eSMART high-performance home include a home energy monitor,
programmable thermostat, compact fluorescent light bulbs and Energy
Star dishwasher. To help conserve water, Beazer uses
regionally-appropriate plants and only water-saving bath faucets
and showerheads. To address indoor air quality, paints and carpets
that emit lower Volatile Organize Compounds (VOCs) are used, and
every home is equipped with high-efficiency MERV 8 air filters and
carbon monoxide detectors.
To measure the performance of its enhanced eSMART homes, Beazer
turned to the NAHB Research Center, which tested popular models in
various climate-specific zones and compared them to similar homes
built both to the current building code as well as those built to
the Building America Benchmark, which represents a typical home
built in the mid- to late-1990s. The study found that, depending on
home size and climate zone, Beazer's eSMART homes can offer a 13 to
19 percent energy cost savings over similar homes built to current
code standards and a 27 to 46 percent average energy cost savings
over comparable houses built 10 to 15 years ago. Additionally, with
proper use of the home energy monitor, Beazer's homeowners can
decrease their annual electricity costs from five to 15
percent.
"Through our eSMART enhancements, Beazer is making high
performance homes attainable and affordable for home buyers,"
McCarthy said, citing a NAHB survey last year that placed energy
efficiency as the No. 2 priority for homebuyers, behind quality of
living space.
To further address rising consumer demand for energy and water
conservation, Beazer also is introducing two new option packages
that offer accelerated performance levels. Available in all Beazer
markets, the new eSMART Plus option package includes an upgraded
home radiant barrier, which reduces heat gain in the summer and
loss in the winter, a higher-efficiency HVAC system, dual flush
toilets and supplementary ventilation that provides added
comfort.
For those home buyers who want to accelerate their home's
performance level even higher, Beazer's new eSMART Green option is
available in select markets with plans for a national rollout
through the year. As Beazer's pinnacle of eco-friendly design and
energy efficiency, these homes get their biggest cost-saving boost
through the introduction of spray foam insulation in the attic and
within walls that creates a highly efficient home envelope with
minimal air leakage.
Beazer's first eSMART Green homes were unveiled in October at
Timarron at Creekside Park in The Woodlands, just outside of
Houston.
"Beazer's eSMART high performance homes provide the most
advanced eco-friendly features of any production homebuilder," said
McCarthy. "Now more than ever, home buyers are looking for ways to
save money on long-term energy and maintenance costs. Our eSMART
homes are a direct response to what our customers have told us is
most important."
To learn more visit www.Beazer.com.
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