Energy Efficient Homes
Sustainability in home building is more than a new trend. It’s the way of the future and offers homeowners perks that include a clean air home environment, lower costs of homeownership, and protection of their investment. Haley Custom Homes is your trusted sustainable, eco-friendly home builder in the Denver area.
We work with you to custom-build the luxury home of your dreams while beautifying Denver neighborhoods and contributing to a brighter tomorrow. Learn more about Haley Custom Homes and our energy-efficient, sustainable, and eco-friendly custom home building process.
Sustainable Building with Eco Home Framing
The home framing is where we build the skeleton of your home. This is the step where you begin to see your plans for the home of your dreams take shape. A professional home framing is one of the most critical steps in new home construction, and it’s also one that consumes the most resources.
Homes built with traditional home framing techniques can consume more than forty mature trees per every 2,500sq ft. Luxury homes, which often exceed this size, can consume even more lumber.
As eco home builders, Haley Custom Homes is committed to reducing lumber waste, which is why we’ve developed a green home building framing process that reduces the amount of lumber used in framing each home by significantly cutting down on lumber waste.
We take a progressive approach with our Accelerated Precision Building System during the entire project. This allows us to slash lumber waste and building materials and reduce the build time of your home without compromising an inch on quality and construction.
No matter what the size or architecture of your luxury dream home, our eco framing technique reduces both the lumber costs and ecological footprint of your new home.
Protect What’s Important With Indoor AirPlus Homes
Even more valuable than your new house is the people who call it home. Protecting your family through home construction that meets Indoor AirPlus standards is a priority for Haley Custom Homes.
AirPlus homes are built to protect your health and quality of life through intelligent and efficient home design that reduces indoor air pollution, improves air quality inside your home, offers moisture control to reduce mold, and is resistant to radon.
AirPlus Homes by Haley Custom Homes offer many benefits:
Energy Star Certification guarantees enhanced energy efficiency
Construction that includes No-VOC or Low-VOC building materials for improved air quality and a cleaner indoor environment
Protection against pest entry
Moisture and mold control
Airtight radon resistance
Efficient heating, cooling, and insulation systems
The Value of Net Zero Home Building
Homes built with net-zero construction and energy-efficient features produce as much energy as they consume, resulting in net-zero energy use. As of 2022, Boulder County, CO, requires that all new homes over 5,000 sq ft be built to meet net-zero standards, but at Haley Custom Homes, we’re far ahead of the curve.
The long-term value of net-zero homes is something we’ve been offering our clients for years, no matter what the size or architecture of their luxury homes. Traditional home construction without energy-efficient and renewable energy features consumes approximately a third of all energy used in Boulder County. Our net-zero luxury homes remove homeowners from that equation and can save you an average of $1500 to $1800 in annual energy costs.
While there are some net-zero homes for sale in Boulder County, new home construction can offer more energy-efficient features and further reduce home energy use compared to previously built homes. Plus, when we build according to your custom design, you get the luxury home of your dreams with the most up to date energy efficiency construction.
As Haley Custom Homes help Denver and Boulder residents move toward a more sustainable future, these are the benefits you can expect from our team of net-zero home builders.
Lower long term, overall costs of homeownership
Year-round comfort with net-zero heating and cooling systems
Financial protection against increasing energy costs
Net-zero homes are easier to maintain
Net-zero energy homes produce net-zero carbon emissions and contribute to a cleaner environment
Building Luxury Green Homes Without Compromising on Aesthetic Appeal
As your green home builder, we understand that you want your new home to exceed current eco-friendly housing standards, but you also want it to be beautiful. Trust Haley Custom Homes to build with energy efficiency and green building practices in mind while ensuring your home remains part of the beautiful landscape in your neighborhood.
Rain Capture Tanks: Rainwater harvesting can help reduce the amount of stormwater runoff around your home. Our rainwater capture tanks complement the aesthetic of your luxury home. Harvested rainwater can also be used to water gardens and landscapes and fill outdoor fountain fixtures.
Rooftop Garden Solar Panels: Rooftop garden solar panels enhance your home’s energy efficiency, while the beautifully landscaped garden helps to cool roofs, reduces the temperature inside your home, improves air quality, and offers the opportunity to grow food sources or flowers while the landscaping around your house is left unchanged.
Passive Home Construction: Passive housing is a term used for homes that are both built with energy-efficient features to save money on energy expenses and keep your home comfortable and welcoming all year long.
This is especially important in our lovely Colorado, where weather extremes can be the norm. Passive home construction helps your home adapt and includes features such as passive solar panels, efficient ventilation symptoms, and window design and placement.
Building Envelope: A building envelope is a barrier between the inside of your home and outdoor elements. Eco-friendly home builders like Haley Custom Homes build your home with an airtight building envelope that allows for plenty of natural light and efficient energy use while cost-effectively keeping your home airtight against the harsh Boulder County elements.
Boulder County BuildSmart
Haley Custom Homes meets and exceeds the Boulder County BuildSmart guidelines for sustainable residential development as luxury eco home builders in the Denver area. The BuildSmart standards encourage sustainable and energy-efficient practices in the design and building process of residential homes.
Following BuildSmart standards benefits our homeowners by contributing to the improved air quality of their homes while reducing the production of greenhouse gasses and the environmental impact of the homebuilding process.
The Boulder County BuildSmart guidelines are the green building requirements set forth by the county. As green home builders, we work with our clients and their architects to ensure all BuildSmart requirements are met throughout the building process.
Haley Custom Homes Is Your Trusted Sustainable Home Builder in Colorado
When you’re looking to invest in your future with a new luxury home in Colorado, Haley Custom Homes is the eco home builders team you can trust. There’s no greater investment than the place your family calls home. Whether you’re ready to build from the ground up or remodel for a greener, more sustainable home environment, we’re here to be your partner.
