Ensuring Energy Efficient Habitat Homes

Homebuyer education classes. Habitat works hard to ensure homebuyers understand the importance of changing out their returnair and heat-recovery-ventilator filters every three to six months, for example. An in-depth class about home-system maintenance is required and a short refresher is provided during the final walk-through on closing day.

AAHH has built the most Green Built certified homes in the state!

ENERGY STAR® appliances.

High-efficiency vinyl windows

High-efficiency heat pump and water heaters.

Insulation. R-18 spray foam insulation, R-15 wall insulation, R-19 floor insulation.

Sealed crawl space. Continually monitoring the moisture levels throughout construction of the home and fully encapsulating the space as soon as it is feasible to do so.