Advantages of Enertia Homes
Designs for Engineers and Environmentalists
At Enertia Homes, we merge cutting-edge engineering with sustainable practices to create homes that are not only structurally superior but also environmentally responsible. Our unique approach ensures that every Enertia Home stands as a testament to innovation, efficiency, and eco-conscious living.
Stronger and Safer
Solid timber structures are more robust and safer than stick-frame homes by an incomparable magnitude. An Enertia home is particularly impact-resistant, dramatically reducing the danger and devastation from sustained winds, hurricanes, tornados and even the force brought to bear from rapidly moving flood waters.
Fire Resistance
The density of our mass timber construction provides superior fire resistance. A stick-built home has roughly four minutes of fire resistance. At the same time, our massive walls give you approximately four hours of fire resistance. In addition, the highest risk in the event of a home fire are the fumes of burning synthetic materials that are not typically used in the Enertia Building System, providing even more protection.
Built-in Green House
The Enertia sun space serves as a stunning bridge between your indoor living space and nature. This light filled gathering spot is consistantly a favorite in every Enertia home. Indoor gardening is an absolute dream in this natural sunny space. On those long dark winter days, you can curl up in the sun and get all the vitamin D needed to keep your health and spirits buoyant as you wait for Spring.
Low Cost Per Generation
Enertia Homes are built to last. Our homes can be passed on without major upkeep or energy burden, creating a haven designed to last for generations. Around the world, solid timber homes have been a standard in years gone by. Many of those homes stand hundreds of years later. Today's standard construction methods begin to require heavy maintenance and repairs very soon after construction is completed.
Better Basements
Enertia basements are bright, sun-filled spaces with a constant supply of fresh air. Because the basement is a part of the outer loop of the home, there is a constant air exchange that sweeps through the sunspace above. This provides dehumidification and fresh air that means an altogether different experience than the typical dark, stuffy basement we have all experienced.
Prepared for the Apocalypse
Our massive walls have even proven to be bullet-resistant in ballistic testing! Seriously, in an Enertia Home you are prepared for anything. You can grow food indoors year round, you have superior wind, flood and fire resistance. If the safety of your home is a concern, Enertia stands in a class of it's own. We've had FEMA representatives tell us that if all homes were built by Enertia, he would be out of a job!
Enhanced Indoor Air Quality
In most modern energy-efficient home plans, air tightness becomes a necessity. Unfortunately, in airtight homes expensive air exchangers are required to prevent ‘sick building syndrome’. Without this extra equipment that requires maintenance and occasional replacement, the fumes from particleboard, vinyl siding, fiberglass insulation and plastic house wrap outgases. This creates a toxic living environment in the place we all go to rest and relax. Since the Enertia Building System relies on constant, natural air circulation around our Green Gold Guard certified timbers, our homes create naturally and dependably healthier indoor environments.
Build Off Grid
Because the Enertia building system requires so little additional power, our homes are ideal for the off-grid homeowner seeking an energy-independent home. Heating and cooling are by far the most energy expensive elements of your home. Your Enertia home is working for you as it produces most of the heat and cooling that you need. This makes that gorgeous remote site you want to build on a real possibility without sacrificing comfort.
Less Construction Debris
The majority of your Enertia home is built with sustainably grown and processed timber grown in the States. Siding, fiberglass insulation, house wrap, and far less sheetrock are used, so the waste from those unnecessary products is avoided and doesn't end up in landfills. The embodied carbon cost of building an Enertia home is substantially lower than current construction methods.
