A High Performance House in Westport

A high performance, or “green,” home is built to a higher standard from the ground up. • It is more comfortable, more durable, requires less maintenance and is exceptionally energy efficient, saving thousands of dollars per year in fuel bills. • A green-built, high performance home also protects your family’s health, conserves scarce resources, and helps reduce environmental problems like global warming. • And it will have greater resale value than homes built with outmoded technology.


High performance insulation, windows, doors, and roofing reduce the amount of energy required to heat and cool the house. Geothermal Heat and AC burns no fossil fuels, keeping the house comfortable year-round at a fraction the cost of conventional systems.

A green home can improve your health. The air in most homes is as much as five times more polluted than outdoor air. Americans spend 90% of their time indoors, and in the last quarter century, asthma and allergy rates have skyrocketed. Built in accord with the American Lung Association’s “Health House” standards for pristine indoor air quality,this home is free harmful substances like formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds (VOC’s), as well as allergens, dust, pollen, and even most bacteria and viruses.

Single family homes account for 21% of greenhouse gas emissions. Clean technology, superior energy efficiency, and renewable resources drastically reduce the home’s carbon footprint.


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