Golden Villa Homes Building Green
Green Building - Factory Built or System Built Homes are inherently built green by design. Rather than cutting a piece of lumber and tossing it into a dumpster as is the norm on most site constructed job sites, manufacturers save those pieces and use them on other portions of the home or on other homes. Quality control personnel are on site each and every day making sure any waste is used in a productive manner. Some of our manufacturers actually offer green options and features. Golden Villa Homes also offers a total green product that is designed for little to zero energy bills and utilizes eco-friendly construction methods and materials to protect the environment.
Our goal ist to build every Golden Villa Homes to be more environmentally friendly than homes built by other national home builders. System built construction is naturally Green because of inherent construction techniques used in the manufacturing process.
We do our part by focusing on providing well built energy efficient homes as well as homes that are friendly to the environment. Our manufacturers are continually improving the standard construction features of our homes as well as available optional features to be healthy, energy saving, and good for the environment.
Green Features found in our homes
- Blown cellulose ceiling insulation made from recycled newspapers
- ENERGY STAR rated kitchen appliances
- Dual pane low-e vinyl frame windows
- Low flow toilets
- Return air transfer ducts to provide more air flow
- Caulking or foam tape between exterior walls and floor to seal tight
- Panelized frame system to save waste
- Foam nail adhesive used to attach trusses to ceiling board to seal tight
- Energy saving floor insulation or foundation insulation (completed on site by others)
- 2x6 wall construction with vapor barrier and fully sheathed walls
- BonnaVilla Homes builds an oversized heel on ceiling trusses to allow full insulation to flow to the top of the sidewall for greater energy efficiency
- All our manufacturers have material recycling programs implemented into their standard construction procedures
- The home is completely built indoors and not susceptible to rain, snow, hail or other moisture causing weather
Other available features (may vary depending upon manufacturer and home location)
- Up to R-50 ceiling insulation
- Up to R-26 floor insulation
- Up to R-21 wall instulation
- 90% + high efficiency furnace
- Gas tankless hot water heaters
- Low flow shower heads
- ICYNENE in lieu of wall batten insulation
- ENERGY STAR rated light fixtures
- 13 SEER Air Conditioners
- Photovoltaic Panels for grid tie systems
- Hot Water Solar
- Geothermal heating and cooling systems
