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For more details on our products and services, please feel free to visit us at add a second unit consulting & financing, add a granny flat, Purchase & remodel in one loan, buy & remodel consulting & buy & renovate consulting California is leading the Nation’s push for Energy-efficient Homes, their goal by 2020 all new residential construction meet Zero Net Energy Requirement. California’s approach first targets reduction in a home’s energy demand and energy consumption. A second key step is the installation of energy efficiency technologies that reduce consumption and related generation emissions. Today wind and solar powered homes are often hooked up to Utility companies electrical grid. By using a combination of traditional energy and wind or solar energy, these homeowners are able to significantly cut their electricity costs and stay on the electrical grid. Installing wind and solar significantly increase energy efficiency of a home but there is another factor which will greatly contribute to increase energy efficiency, the thermal envelope. You have much to consider when designing and building a new energy-efficient house, and it can be a challenge. These recent technological improvements in building elements and construction techniques also allow most modern energy saving ideas to be seamlessly integrated into house designs while improving comfort, health or aesthetics.. While design costs, options, and styles vary, most energy-efficient homes have some basic elements in common: a well constructed and tightly sealed thermal envelope; controlled ventilation; properly sized, high-efficiency heating and cooling systems; and energy-efficient doors, windows, and appliances. A thermal envelope is everything about the house that serves to shield the living space from the outdoors. It includes the wall and roof assemblies, insulation, air/vapor retarders, windows and weather stripping and caulking. One of the key elements of modern thermal envelopes is the integration of design and window strategies to bring daylight into a building’s interior without heat