Energy-Efficient Houses by Emmy Homes

By Craig Axelrod

Emmy Homes is proud to bring energy-efficient houses to Long Island. Our homes make use of Energy Star guidelines, qualifying for Energy Star certification to help ensure the energy efficiency of your home. This not only cuts your utility costs but also increases the resale value of the house.

In coordination with Home Energy New York, Emmy now builds homes with eco friendly technology built-in. With choices ranging from solar panels, solar heating tubes and wind turbines, Emmy Homes in Commack New York can build and deliver an energy efficient home to you.

The wind power systems that will be installed in Commack New York are the Energy Ball v100 and Energy Ball v200. These systems have been designed to generate 500W and 2500W of power respectively. These wind turbines, which more resemble a weather vane as opposed to a traditional windmill, are very quiet and compact. The v100, for example, is only 3 feet tall. When mounted on a pole on top of your home, is able to use the power of the wind, day and night, generating electricity for you. Any excess electricity is fed back into the power grid and the power company pays you for that electricity.

The solar heating tubes are a unique approach to raising the temperature of water used throughout your home. A closed system, it makes use of vacuum sealed tubes containing narrow metal blades. As sunlight hits these blades, they heat water in tubes running through the middle of the blades. This water circulates back to your current systems through coils and radiates heat into the usable water in your tank. The water in the solar heating tubes is not the water that you drink; rather, this water travels through coils that bring the heat energy to the water that you bathe with.

Solar heating tubes, such as those in the green energy systems in Commack, work in both the summer and winter - based on sunlight. These break resistant glass tubes house the blades in a sealed environment. The ambient temperature has no effect on the blade. Even in the cold of winter, solar heating tubes collect sunlight and create heat that heats the water passing through the central tube, as high as 190F. Finally, solar energy panels placed on the roof of your new house can produce year-round electricity. While solar energy systems are only effective during daylight hours, the amount of power they produce can be tremendous. Surplus electricity is automatically routed back to the utility company, who buys it back from you at the same rate that they charge you for power. If you are smart and turn off lights and appliances in your house that you are not using, your power demand will drop, allowing additional electricity can flow back to the power company. Go on holiday and have your home act as a mini power station, creating electricity and pushing it back to the power grid day in and day out!

Remember, as you look at homes with clean energy solutions in Commack, keep in mind the tremendous value of having green energy in your house. A home with solar electric, wind power and other solar energy on Long Island sets you apart from the rest. It is environmentally friendly, and lowers your bills and raises the resale value of your house. - 31812

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