Energy-Efficient Homes by Emmy Homes

Emmy Homes is proud to deliver energy-efficient homes to Long Island. Our designs make use of Energy Star rules, qualifying for Energy Star certification to help ensure the energy efficiency of your house. This not only reduces your utility bills but also raises the resale value of the home.

In coordination with Home Energy New York, Emmy now delivers houses with eco friendly 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 turbine systems that will be installed 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 closely 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, 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 raising the temperature of water used throughout your house. A closed system, it makes use of vacuum sealed tubes containing narrow metal blades. As sunlight warms these blades, they heat water in tubes 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 use to drink, bathe and clean your clothes.

Solar heating tubes, such as those in the green energy systems in Commack, work in both the summer and winter – powered by the sun. These break resistant glass tubes house the blades inside a vacuum environment. The outside cold has no effect on the blade. Even in the cold of winter, solar heating tubes collect sunlight and heat the water passing through the central tube, as high as 190F. Finally, solar energy panels installed on the roof of your new house can generate year-round electricity. While solar panels are only effective during the daytime, the quantity of power they produce can be significant. Excess electricity is automatically sent back to the utility company, that will buy it back from you at the same rate that they bill you for power. If you are smart and turn off lights and appliances in your home that you are not using, your power demand will drop, allowing additional electricity can flow back to the utility. Go on vacation and have your home act as a mini power station, creating electricity and pushing it back to the power grid day in and day out!

Remember, as you look at houses with green energy solutions in Commack, keep in mind the tremendous value of having green energy in your home. A home with solar electric, wind power and other solar energy on Long Island gives you advantages over the rest. It is good for the environment, and lowers your costs and increases the resale value of your house.

Craig Axelrod, a partner of Emmy Homes writes extensively about Long Island Real Estate and Commack New Construction

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