Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - This cutaway shows features of the Deltec model home in Mars Hill, NC, including several green options: high-performance windows, fiber cement siding, composite decking, a solar hot water kit. Windsor Design, 4548 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - A Deltec home in Norwood, North Carolina. Solar collectors pictured provide primary heat source for hot water system. Windsor Design, 2875 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - This home uses a grid-tied solar electric system and is built with recycled metal roofing. Homeowners also harvest rainwater for drinking. Olympia, Kentucky. Savannah Design, 2034 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - Interior of a Deltec home in Norwood, North Carolina. Home uses a very high efficiency heat pump/AC and all Energy Star appliances.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - These homeowners selected building materials with 50+ year lifespans for maximum durability. Jonesborough, Tennessee. Windsor Design, 4140 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - This home is insulated with spray foam insulation, making it exceptionally air-tight, and incorporates mechanical fresh air ventilation with an energy recovery ventilator. Weaverville, North Carolina.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - This home is heated and cooled with a ground-source (geothermal) heat pump. Merritt, North Carolina.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - This home stays warm with a geothermal heat pump and propane backup. Mesa, Colorado. Chesapeake Design, 1496 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - This home is powered by a grid-tied solar photovoltaic system. Separate solar collectors heat water for domestic use and for radiant floor heat. Harrisonburg, Virginia. Windsor and Camden Designs, 3392 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - This home is built with insulation made from recycled paper, and uses a ground-source (geothermal) heat pump. Saxonburg, Pennsylvania. Windsor Design, 4140 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - Decking and flooring in this home are made from low-maintenance and recycled materials. Weaverville, North Carolina. Windsor Design, 4140 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - This home is insulated with spray foam insulation, a high performing insulation product that both insulates and seals a home from air leaks. Maggie Valley, North Carolina. Chesapeake Design, 2992 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - This home is insulated with spray foam insulation, a high performing insulation product that both insulates and seals a home from air leaks. Green Cove Springs, Florida.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - These homeowners are using solar photovoltaics (panels on the left) for electricity and solar hot water for radiant floors and domestic hot water (panels on the right.) Grand Marais, Minnesota. Monterey Design, 2332 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - This home uses a tankless water heater, and is built with above-code levels of insulation. Oyster Bay, Florida. Savannah Design, 1017 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - This home is exceptionally sealed against air-infiltration, making their ground-source geothermal heat pump even more efficient. Henrieville, Utah. Windsor Design, 2630 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - This home uses a high efficiency geothermal heat pump, a solar photovoltaic array, and solar hot water collectors. Hubbardston, Massachusetts. Savannah Design, 2674 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - This home uses a tankless propane heater for hot water and keeps cool in summer with the help of a radiant barrier under the roof. Spotsylvania, Virginia. Windsor and Camden Design, 5228 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - An installer applying spray foam insulation to the underside of a Deltec roof. Foam expands 200 times during installation, and cures into an inert plastic material that both insulates the roof and makes it air-tight.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - Home uses spray foam insulation, high performing windows with low-e glass and argon, and a high efficiency HVAC system. Lanesville, Indiana. Monterey Design, 3578 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - This home features radiant floor heating and low-E glass windows. Layton, Utah. Sierra Design, 4032 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - Home uses above-code-required insulation values in the walls and ceiling (R33 in the walls and R50 in the ceiling). Bryson City, North Carolina. Monterey Design, 2330 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - Photovoltaic cells from a grid-tied solar electric system are mounted on the Deltec roof. Homeowners sell excess electricity back to the power company. Camp Verde, Arizona. Chesapeake Design, 1496 sq ft.
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - Home uses radiant floor heating. Barneveld, Wisconsin
Deltec Homes: Deltec Homes Green Homeowners - Low maintenance fiber-cement siding and low-E windows with argon gas give this home superior durability and energy efficiency. Barneveld, Wisconsin. Monterey and Camden Designs, 3076 sq ft.