Three Things Home Owners Desire for Quality of Life at Home

The pandemic has shifted the things we want in a home. Homebuyers are looking for comfort, wellness and efficiency. According to the 2020 Green Smart Market Brief, high-performance homes are on the rise.

A good resource for consumer’s high-performance must-haves when it comes to building or remodeling a home can be found in National Green Building Standard® (NGBS)’s Bronze Cookbooks. The NGBS Bronze cookbooks give a roadmap to what is used and incorporated into a NGBS Green Certified home.

Below are the top 3 home qualities customers are looking for in today’s housing market.

Customer Want: Comfort High-Performance Strategies
No drafts
  • Continuous building envelope (confirm with a blower door test)
  • Weatherstripping around windows and doors
Consistent indoor temperatures
  • Smart thermostat
  • Weatherstripping around windows and doors
  • Continuous building envelope (confirm with a blower door test)
  • High R-value insulation in floors, walls and ceilings
Quiet

 

Customer Want: Wellness High-Performance Strategies
Healthy indoor environment
  • Balanced ventilation
  • Fresh air intakes
  • Kitchen range hood that vents directly outdoors
  • Bathroom exhaust fans
  • HVAC filtration — high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) or high MERV rating
  • Low volatile organic compound (VOC) materials
No odors
  • Kitchen range hood that vents outdoors
  • Balanced ventilation
  • Low VOC materials
No mold
  • Bathroom exhaust fans that vent outdoors
  • HVAC systems with sensors and automation
  • Moisture-resistant barrier in building envelope
  • Leak detection system
Natural light
  • Double- or triple-pane window with lower solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) and U-factors

 

Customer Want: Efficiency High-Performance Strategies
Lower energy bills
  • Smart thermostat
  • High R-value insulation in floors, walls and ceilings
  • Continuous building envelope (confirm with a blower door test)
  • ENERGY STAR appliances
Lower water bills
  • WaterSense-labeled fixtures
  • Minimize pipe runs (distance from water heater to fixtures)
  • Leak detection system
  • Landscaping with drought-tolerant plants
  • Smart irrigation systems

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