Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged

The 2010 Triad Parade of Homes has finished the judging for the Parade of Homes.  As a part of the Parade, the next two weekends the public may tour the homes entered in the parade.  If you go to the Parade website you can get a map of the homes to view them, we are home #39.
We will not find out how well the house did until Tuesday, but we do know we won an award for "Best Feature" for the balcony off our master bedroom that overlooks the lake




















We have a few more certifications that reflect how our house was built.  The first is a HERS rating for our home.  A home built to standard is given a rating of 100, anything less than 100 is BETTER than average; or MORE energy efficient.  Our house recieved a HERS rating of 67, so our house is 33% more energy efficient than the average home.

Additionally, our house is a "Certified Green" home.  This certification takes variables into account starting from how much building materials the builder wasted to whether or not we used LED lights or CFL's.  Our house received a "Bronze" award.