Zero Energy Ready Courtyard Homes

 

Leading the Way

Design Build LLC is a US Department of Energy Zero Energy Ready Partner Builder

Design Build LLC is a US Department of Energy Zero Energy Ready Partner Builder

Design Build LLC is offering two extraordinary architect-designed and built custom homes for sale as a US Department of Energy Zero Energy Ready Partner. They are among the first ZER homes in the Tri-State area.  These homes offer a unique opportunity for two forward looking home buyers to live in a contemporary open-plan home with forward-looking features built for today and for the future.

Zero Energy Ready

Zero Energy Ready homes are ultra-comfortable, healthy, quiet, sustainable and affordable to live in. They are homes that are so well sealed and energy efficient that they produce as much renewable energy from the sun as they consume over the course of a year. The owners will have a net zero energy bill, and the satisfaction of a a carbon-neutral footprint.    The quality of Design Build LLC’s thirty five years of custom homes in enhanced by the ZER program’s independent testing to assure performance at the highest U.S. Department of Energy standards. Now more than ever, the value of constant conditioned fresh air circulating throughout the house for outstanding indoor air quality can be appreciated.

 
 

Design Features

Features of Both Homes:

  • Contemporary open plan design

  • Private courtyard design adds outdoor private living space in a private garden courtyard setting

  • One or two home-offices

  • A separate courtyard garden studio option for a separate living space, inlaw’s suite, office, or studio

  • Full handicapped accessibility, with an elevator and accessibility features

  • An Energy efficiency rating two to three times the conventionally built home. R31 Walls, R75 ceilings, Highest rated windows and doors. Solar panel integration.

  • Smart systems integration including, lighting controls, HVAC controls, security, and energy monitoring.

  • One half-acre lot each, Marple Township, PA. Marple Newtown School District

 

East House

  • 4,450 SF of 1st and 2nd-floor space (including 615 SF Garage)

  • 1,627 SF of daylit, walkout basement with clearspan, and 8’ height, with a 9’-4” option

  • 409 SF Courtyard Studio Option

  • 189 SF 1st floor in-laws suite addition option, creates 400 SF inlaws suite or other use

  • 409 SF Courtyard Studio Option

xx House

  • 2,950 sf living space

  • Four Bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, 2nd floor Den, 1st floor expanded master bedroom option.

  • Walk out and windowed basement, 1,336 sf with clear-span construction for unlimited fit out options