Why Choose ENERGY STAR?

Better for the Owner and the Environment

ENERGY STAR qualified homes are better for owners and the environment, offering benefits such as:

Better Performance
Properly installed energy-efficient improvements deliver better protection against cold, heat, drafts, moisture, pests, pollution, and noise. An energy-efficient home helps ensure consistent temperature between rooms, improved indoor air quality, and greater durability.

Lower Ownership Cost
Compared with standard construction, ENERGY STAR qualified homes use substantially less energy for heating, cooling, and water heating-delivering $200-$400 in annual savings. Although these energy savings may seem small relative to the cost of monthly mortgage payments, no one likes to waste money. And over the 7 or 8 years that a typical buyer lives in the home, it adds up to thousands of dollars saved. Additional savings on maintenance can also be substantial.

Smarter Investment
To date, more than 6,500 builders have partnered with EPA to construct over 940,000 ENERGY STAR qualified homes. By the end of the decade, more than 2 million homes are expected to earn the ENERGY STAR. The trend is clear. By choosing a home with the ENERGY STAR label, buyers can be confident that it will have an increasing valued feature when the time comes to sell.

Added Confidence
Home building is a complex process. Consumers don't always want to know all the details of energy-efficient construction. Instead, the government-backed ENERGY STAR makes it easy to identify homes that are truly energy efficient. Buyers can build the house of their dreams and enjoy peace of mind knowing it also meets rigorous energy efficiency guideline set by EPA and verified by an independent Home Energy Rater.

Environmental Protection
Because ENERGY STAR qualified homes use less energy, they help prevent greenhouse gas emissions--an added benefit for today's environmentally home buyers looking for "green" choices. Greater energy efficiency helps us all make the most of our energy resources, mitigates the impact of high energy prices, decreases the need for new power plants, lowers our reliance on energy imports, and reduces the emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants at the source.

For all these reasons, Keystone Custom Builders, Inc. is pleased to partner with ENERGY STAR to offer ENERGY STAR qualified homes.

"People have been buying ENERGY STAR labeled appliances for more than 15 years, it's time they start doing the same when it comes to their homes."
- Jarred Eddy

For more information about this article, please visit www.energystar.gov or simply click on the ENERGY STAR logo below.

Source: http://www.energystar.gov 

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