A 3 Bedroom Ecobuilt™ Energy Efficient Home Heated for $146 and Cooled for $173

In 1987 Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation audited the Energy Efficient Home Team’s™ Ecobuilt™ high energy efficient ranch home design. This 3 bed-room two bath home design according to Owens-Corning’s audit results would heat and air condition for approximately $317 a year with heat settings at 70 degrees and air conditioning at 75 degrees. The estimated gas heating cost was $146 and the electric cost for cooling was $173.

At the time Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) had agreed to install free gas lines to all 7 new Ecobuilt™ homes being built by the Energy Efficient Home Team™. Most likely PGW having done their cost calculations anticipated a payback on their investment within a few years and underestimated the energy conservation afforded through the building’s design. Shortly after the Ecobuilt™ ranch home had been sold and occupied for a full heating season PGW showed up with digging equipment. They even managed to kill a newly planted tree as they searched for possible evidence that the supply lines to the house had been tampered with. Surely, a building of this size would consume much more energy than it had.

FYI- In 1987 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac accepted front end ratios of 30% when qualifying Ecobuilt™ energy efficient home buyers.

Copyright © 2006, by Dennis Maq & Siti M Crook The Energy Efficient Home Team™

A 3200 Square Foot Ecobuilt™ Energy Efficient Home Heated for $473 in the Winter of 05/06

In 1986 The Energy Efficient Home Team™ developed the Ecobuilt™ high energy efficient building envelope technology that 20 years later still leads the housing industry for energy conservation. Using conventional building materials The Energy Efficient Home Team™ constructed the Ecobuilt™ 3200 square foot home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to Philadelphia Gas Work's records the cost of gas to heat this home in the winter of 2005-06 was approximately $473. How big is your house and how much is it currently costing you to heat and or air condition now? Better yet what will it cost you in the years to come.

FYI-Looking to the future-- The time is approaching when mortgage companies will include the operating costs for heat and air conditioning in the front end ratio of a mortgage application for qualifying purposes.

Copyright © 2006, by Dennis Maq & Siti M Crook The Energy Efficient Home Team™