Energy-Efficient Homes by Emmy Homes
Emmy Homes is proud to bring energy-efficient homes to Long Island. Our designs leverage Energy Star rules, qualifying for Energy Star certification to help ensure the energy efficiency of your house. This not only reduces your utility costs but also increases the resale value of the house.
In coordination with Home Energy New York, Emmy now delivers homes with green energy technology built-in. With choices ranging from solar panels, wind turbines and solar heating tubes, Emmy Homes in Commack New York can build and deliver an energy efficient house to you.
The wind power systems that will be installed in Commack New York are the Energy Ball v100 and v200 systems. These systems have been designed to produce 500W and 2500W of power respectively. These wind turbines, which more resemble a weather vane as opposed to a traditional windmill, are very compact. The v100, for example, is only 3 feet tall. When mounted on a pole on top of your home, is able to harness the wind, day and night, producing 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 unique 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 hits these blades, they heat water in tubes running through the middle of the blades. This water circulates back to your heating system through coils and indirectly heats the water in your water tank. The water in the solar heating tubes is not the water that you drink; rather, this water travels through coils that carry the heat energy to the water that you drink.
Solar heating tubes, such as those in the green energy systems in Commack, work year round - powered by the sun. These break resistant glass tubes contain the blades inside a vacuum environment. The outside cold has no effect on the blade. Even in the cold of winter, solar heating systems collect sunlight and create heat that heats the water passing through the central tube, as high as 190F. Finally, solar energy panels installed on the roof of your new house can produce year-round electricity. While solar panels are only effective during the daytime, the amount of electricity they produce can be tremendous. Excess electricity is automatically sent back to the power company, who buys it back from you at the same rate that they charge you for electricity. If you are careful and shut off lights and appliances in your home that are not in use, your power demand will drop, allowing even more electricity can flow back to the utility. Go on holiday and have your home act as a small power station, creating electricity and pushing it back to the power grid day in and day out!
Remember, as you look at homes with clean energy technology in Commack, keep in mind the massive value of having clean energy in your home. A home with solar electric, wind power and other solar energy on Long Island sets you apart from the rest. It is environmentally friendly, and lowers your costs and raises the resale value of your house.
Craig Axelrod, a principal of Emmy Homes pens extensively about LI Real Estate and Commack Real Estate
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