In a continuing effort to improve our product, ICON Custom Home Builder, LLC. reserves the right to make changes or modifications to floor plans, specifications, materials, features, colors and prices without notice. Window styles, availability, sizes, and locations as well as ceiling heights and vaults and livable square footage will vary with choice of exterior elevations. All floor plans and lot square footages are approximate only. Total square footage plan calculations are from the outside of exterior walls and include interior partition walls. Optional features may be included at additional cost and are subject to construction cutoff dates. Lot premiums and HOA fees may apply. Courtyards will only be built in communities that require it. Pictures and renderings are for illustration purposes only and may differ from final product.
ICON Home Custom Builder is proud to be a RESNET Energy Smart Builder and is committed to increasing the energy performance of the custom homes we build..
Outside of a mortgage loan, the highest cost of homeownership is energy. That’s why smart homebuyers ask for a home’s HERS Index Score to determine its energy efficiency before buying. The HERS Index Score is like an MPG (miles-per-gallon) sticker for homes. After all, it makes sense to know the energy performance of a home before making the investment.
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With home energy costs skyrocketing, it only makes sense to find out how energy efficient a home really is. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that a home built to the 2004 International Energy Conservation Code uses 30% less energy than older homes. Many builders today are building homes that use 70% less energy than existing ones.
A home built to the 2004 International Energy Conservation Code is awarded a rating of 100 on the HERS Index. This is taken as the RESNET Reference Home. The lower a home rates, the more energy efficient it is. Therefore, a home with a rating of 70 on the HERS Index is 30% more efficient than the RESNET Reference Home. A rating of 130, however, is 30% less efficient than the RESNET Reference Home.
The RESNET HERS Index is the industry standard by which a home’s energy efficiency is measured. The HERS or Home Energy Rating System was developed by RESNET and is the nationally recognized system for inspecting, testing and calculating a home’s energy performance. Certified RESNET Home Energy Raters conduct inspections to verify a home’s energy efficiency and recommend improvements that can be made to increase it.