Energy-Efficient Houses by Emmy Homes
Emmy Homes is proud to deliver energy-efficient homes to Long Island. Our homes leverage Energy Star rules, qualifying for Energy Star certification to help ensure the energy efficiency of your home. This not only cuts your utility costs but also raises the resale value of the home.
In coordination with Home Energy New York, Emmy now builds houses with green energy technology built-in. With choices including solar panels, solar heating tubes and wind turbines, Emmy Homes in Commack NY can build and deliver an energy efficient house to you.
The wind power systems that will be used in Commack New York are the Energy Ball v100 and Energy Ball v200. These systems have been designed to generate 500W and 2500W of electricity respectively. These wind turbines, which more resemble a weather vane and not a traditional windmill, are very quiet and compact. The v100, for example, is only 3 feet tall. When mounted on a pole on top of your house, is able to harness the wind, night and day, generating electricity for you. Any excess electricity is fed back into the grid and the power company pays you for that electricity.
The solar heating tubes are a different approach to heating the water used throughout your house. A fully enclosed system, it makes use of vacuum tubes containing thin metal blades. As sunlight warms these blades, they heat tubes of water running through a seam in the blades. This water circulates back to your heating system through coils and radiates heat into the usable water in your tank. The water in the solar heating tubes is not the water that you drink; rather, this water travels through coils that bring the heat energy to the water that you drink.
Solar heating tubes, such as those in the green energy systems in Commack, work in both the summer and winter – based on the sun. These break resistant glass tubes house the blades in a sealed environment. The outside cold has no effect on the blade. Even in the coldest temperaturs, solar heating tubes collect sunlight and heat the water passing through the main tube, as high as 190F. Finally, solar electric panels installed on the roof of your new house can produce year-round electricity. While solar energy systems are only effective during daylight hours, the amount of electricity they produce can be significant. Excess electricity is automatically routed back to the power company, that will buy it back from you at the same rate that they charge you for power. If you are smart and shut off lights and appliances in your house that are not in use, your power demand will drop, allowing even more electricity can flow back to the power company. Go on vacation and have your home act as a small power station, generating electricity and selling it back to the power grid day in and day out!
Remember, as you look at homes with clean energy solutions in Commack, keep in mind the massive value of having clean energy in your home. A house with solar electric, wind power and other solar energy on Long Island sets you apart from the rest. It is good for the environment, and lowers your costs and increases the resale value of your house.
Craig Axelrod, a principal of Emmy Homes writes extensively about LI Real Estate and Commack New Construction
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