How we make a Green Home

Sick of wasting money on high utility bills? We thought so! Our history speaks volumes as to the quality home we build. But as any good builder knows, a home needs to be more then just built well. A home needs to be efficient! Tyler homes uses the following products and techniques in each and every home built to ensure your home is only using the energy it needs.

Energy on Demand Water Heaters

Tyler Home's uses tankless water heaters which heat water directly without the use of a storage tank. Therefore, they avoid the standby heat losses associated with storage water heaters. When a hot water tap is turned on, cold water travels through a pipe into the unit. Either a gas burner or an electric element heats the water. As a result, demand water heaters deliver a constant supply of hot water. You don't need to wait for a storage tank to fill up with enough hot water.

For homes that use 41 gallons or less of hot water daily, demand water heaters can be 24%–34% more energy efficient than conventional storage tank water heaters. They can be 8%–14% more energy efficient for homes that use a lot of hot water—around 86 gallons per day. You can achieve even greater energy savings of 27%–50% if you install a demand water heater at each hot water outlet.

Superior Thermal Walls

Tyler Homes uses Superior walls which are insulated precast concrete wall panels provides your home with an excellent thermal envelope, minimizing the potential for energy leakage. The combination of pre-engineered built-in insulation and high strength concrete is a great foundation for energy conservation.

Research indicates that an uninsulated basement can account for over 33% of the total heat loss in your home. That’s why our foundations feature a continuous layer of insulation bonded directly to the concrete, resulting in high energy efficiency to help reduce energy costs. We feature R-12.5 insulation in the Xi wall system and R-5 insulation in the R-5 wall system, while both systems feature stud facings ready for drywall finishing.