Whether your building a permanent home or a vacation home there is no reason to not go green. You should invest extra money upfront to achieve an energy efficient design. In the end it will pay off through lower energy bills and will continue to pay off over your home's lifetime. A well insulated home will provide even temperatures throughout the different rooms, improve air quality and reduce allergens. More people are turning to energy efficiency because of higher energy crisis. There are many options to building an energy efficient home like solar panels, high performance windows, high-tech insulation and house wrap, geothermal heat pumps, digital thermostats and fireplace inserts. When designing your energy efficient home there are two distinct parts: the exterior shell and the interior systems. Log homes have a thermal mass which is their natural characteristic which means that the log walls have the ability to absorb heat and keep a house cooler in summer and store heat in the winter and gradually release it at night to warm the house. A study done by the National Bureau of Standards showed that it reduces the overall energy needs and expenses by 30% over walls that use wood, brick, or siding. What's important is how tight the logs fit together,and how tightly the home is built. A five inch log that is constructed properly and designed tightly is going to perform much better than a 12-inch log that is poorly placed together.
For additional information on log homes, please visit our website at Muskoka Log Homes & Chalets Inc.
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