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Building Materials for Green Homes - Tips from Deer Mountain

4. Saving Water and Energy
• Reducing Heating and Cooling Loads: Choosing the right kind of insulation can reduce the heating and cooling needs of the home.
• Energy Conservation Equipment: Energy Star products can help reduce the energy load by 10-20%. These are preferable products when building a green home.
• Renewable Energy Equipment: Products that can use renewable energy instead of conventional energy is environmentally beneficial.
• Water Conservation Equipment: Water equipment that exceeds national energy standards by 20% is a preferable choice when building a green home.

[Deer Mountain Tips for green community land for sale and lots for sale in Chapel Hill NC and green communities in Chatham County NC. Bring your own Builder for Land and lots for sale in Chatham County NC] Adapted from “Building Materials: What Makes a Product Green?” by Alex Wilson http://www.buildinggreen.com/auth/article.cfm?fileName=090101a

Across all Jordan Lake communities - In 2008 in Jordan Lake neighborhoods, 95 homes sold through the MLS for an average price of $698,112, an average per SqFt of $178. This compares to 175 homes per year over the previous three years selling for average of $635,680, an average per SqFt of $169.

Of the homes sold in the past five years in the Jordan Lake area, most were 2500 to 3500 SqFt on a lot of about 1.0 acre. 8% were single story and 92% were 1.5 or two+ story, typically Transitional, Traditional in style with an exterior finish of Brick Veneer, Partial Brick, Fiber Cement, Stone, Cedar. Among the homes in Jordan Lake, 81% have 9-10 ft ceilings, 46% have a deck, 29% have a patio, 41% have a screened porch, 19% have a basement. Most were built in 1990 or newer.