WELCOME TO ENERGYTEK HOMES Energytek Homes is a common sense and logical approach to energy conservation in today’s homebuilding world that creates great value for the consumer. The Energytek Homes program is not experimental; it is a proven performance bases package using science and technology to maximize your energy savings. Each of us owes it to ourselves and the world to conserve energy and reduce greenhouse gases. The Energytek Home approach to this allows you maximum energy savings without incorporating expensive gadgets that not only drive up the initial cost of the house, but also can create a future “money pit” for maintenance and upkeep. Every component in an Energytek Home is evaluated for its value in energy conservation as well as the cost of maintenance in the future. What good is it to anyone to save hundreds of dollars in energy bills if you turn around and spend the money on future maintenance? With an Energytek Home you get to keep the money you save on energy because there is no expensive future maintenance of exotic equipment. The “value” of something is not just the purchase price; value includes cost of operation, life of the equipment, cost of maintenance and the benefit received from the product. The Energytek Home brings you value that is unsurpassed in today’s homebuilding industry. Participating manufacturers in the Energytek Home program give you peace of mind with manufacturers warranties in writing with each home enrolled. These include lifetime compressor warranties on heating cooling equipment and lifetime tank warranties on hot water tanks, ask your participating builder for a complete breakdown of how each component in your home is warrantied. You will quickly see that an Energytek Home is about much more than just saving you money on utility bills. Our best consumer value in most climates is the Energytek Homes - Solar Plus program. (Check with your local builder to see if this is available in your area). The Solar Plus program incorporates solar hot water heating with the premium Energytek Homes package. Again great consideration was given to selecting a solar system that creates value for the consumer. Gadget free common sense solar water heating without the worry of high maintenance expenses allows the Energytek Homes - Solar Plus package to stand alone at the top of the energy value ladder. Energytek Homes is not just a rubber stamped “energy efficiency” logo a builder can display for advertising purposes. Energytek Homes efficiency standards require a litany of tests and standards that each home must meet to be accepted into the program. The Energytek Homes program far exceeds the International Building Code, most state and local codes, and Energy Star® requirements. The standard Energytek Homes package can save you hundreds of dollars each month in utility costs, and the Energytek Homes - Solar Plus program can stretch your utility dollars even further. (Energytek Homes - Solar Plus may not be available in all areas). The Energytek Homes - Solar Plus program implements a manufacturers reporting participation schedule that allows you as a consumer to gain added value to your home. The Energytek Homes - Solar Plus program is not available everywhere, but where it is available it offers unsurpassed value for the homebuyer and requires very little on your part to meet the criteria to qualify as a participant. Interest rates have always been important to homebuyers, but in today’s homebuilding market the most important feature is the energy consumption of a house. Interest rates may vary from time to time but the cost of energy only goes one way and that’s straight up. The Energytek Homes - Solar Plus program allows you to purchase a home that will cost you less to own each month compared to a house without the Energytek Homes - Solar Plus program. And as energy costs continue to rise, your savings will only increase and your property value should climb along with your savings. The days of simply saying that a home is “energy efficient” means absolutely nothing without written documentation. All builders say their homes are “energy efficient” but the truth is that added insulation or double pane windows do very little to insure your utility costs are low if they are not part of a well designed home that implements an overall energy plan that can be independently verified in writing. Your comfort, cost of operation, and cost of maintaining your home are what really matters and with an Energytek Homes - Solar Plus homes we document the projected energy consumption of each individual home and back it up with a warranty that insures your maintenance costs also remain low. Independent energy audits and inspections are performed on each home. Before a home is built each plan is computer modeled and the energy features are designed for that particular house, then energy inspections occur during construction including pressure testing of the ductwork as well as pressure testing the house when it is completed. Then a final energy survey is done to assure that the house meets the standards set out prior to construction. Then and only then is the house certified and enrolled into the Energytek Homes - Solar Plus program. Whether you are purchasing a home for a lifetime of monthly energy savings, or you’re buying a home for a stepping-stone to your next home, the Energytek Homes - Solar Plus program is your best value in today’s homebuilding market. Comparison of Houses Arkansas is centrally located in the United States and experiences temperatures of single digits in the winter and 100º plus days in the summer so for a generic comparison of a typical house we used Arkansas for this information. We asked an independent certified energy rater to compare the energy usage of an average 2129 square foot house as it would have been built by year 1990 year codes, year 2000 codes, and year 2009 codes to today’s Energytek Homes - Solar Plus house. The heating, cooling and hot water calculations summarization of energy consumption were as follows. The house built in 2009 used approximately twice as much energy as the Energytek Homes - Solar Plus home. The house built in 2000 used more than three times the energy of an Energytek Homes - Solar Plus home. ENERGYTEK HOMES - SOLAR PLUS IS YOUR BEST ENERGY VALUE AND WE PUT IT IN WRITING. For more information regarding Energytek Homes Energytek Homes - Solar Plus homes being built in your area, locate your state from the list located on the main page here.