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Imagine Homes
ABOUT IMAGINE HOMES At Imagine Homes, innovation, craftsmanship and integrity are the inspiration behind everything we do. We are honored to have been awarded a 2008 and 2009 National Association of Home Builders' Green Building Award, a 2010 Energy Value Housing Award from NAHB Research Center 2009 and 2010 City of San Antonio Green Building Awards and to be the first builder to certify 100% of the homes built under two prestigious programs: Continuing Imagine Homes' leadership in high performance new home construction, we joined the U.S. Department of Energy's "Builders Challenge" to build homes achieving at least a 30% energy use reduction compared to a "code built" home (at least 15% more efficient than Energy Star). The DOE goal is for 220, 000 of these high performance homes to be built by 2012 and we are doing our part. Imagine also partnered with one of the Building America teams, IBACOS, to develop specifications, build and monitor actual performance of a concept home to demonstrate at least a 50% energy use reduction, but most importantly show that the additional cost to include the advanced system is more than offset by the energy savings. This home incorporates advanced framing techniques, a high efficiency HVAC system, thermal solar water heating and a photovoltaic solar system to name a few. The home was completed in July 2010 in the Cibolo Canyons neighborhood and achieved a HERS index of 40. This means that every one of our homeowners not only enjoys lower energy costs and increased comfort, but has peace of mind knowing that these certifications and our building system help reduce energy use, water consumption, greenhouse gases and solid waste generation while creating a home of value that is ahead of its time. IMAGINE HOMES TEAM The team at Imagine Homes offers a rich history of San Antonio new home building experience. From the sales team to your personal builder, we strive to make you a raving fan of Imagine Homes throughout the home building process and beyond. As part of its ongoing commitment to move toward more sustainable building practices, Beazer Homes, one of the nation's top-10 homebuilders, partnered with Imagine Homes to gain additional insight on environmentally-conscious home design and construction techniques. Beazer's planning and design team leveraged Imagines' expertise to introduce eSMART By Beazer Homes, the first comprehensive program by a national homebuilder designed to increase energy and water efficiency and improve indoor air quality, for every home it builds. This innovative program combines high-performance products with industry-approved green building practices and is designed to have an immediate impact on the home's annual operating cost. Available at no additional cost to its buyers, every Beazer home now includes Honeywell FocusPro Programmable Thermostats, GE EnergySmart compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), Whirlpool Energy Star dishwashers, MOEN water-saving bath fixtures, air filters with a higher minimum efficiency rating value (MERV), and carpets and paints that emit lower volatile organic compounds (VOCs).