Energy Star Efficiency
All of the builders participate in the ENERGY STAR© program, giving their homebuyers the opportunity to save up to a third on their energy bills without sacrificing features, style or comfort.
Designed to be at least 15 percent more energy efficient than standard homes, ENERGY STAR® qualified homes’ key features include:
- Effective insulation to ensure even temperatures throughout the home
- Advanced framing techniques that maximize the insulation, while reducing air leakage
- Tighter construction along with increased ventilation to improve indoor air-quality
- Low Emissivity (Low-E) glass windows to increase comfort in both summer and winter and block damaging ultraviolet sunlight that contributes to carpet and fabric discoloration
“If you think of your home like a jacket, ENERGY STAR® qualified homes are zipped up for life,” said Dan McFarland, director of builder services for Southern Energy Management. “We saw a unique opportunity to provide homebuyers that were challenged with the costs associated with renovating an older home with a new, more durable home that performed better over their lifetime, all while maintaining the architectural integrity of the Five Points area,” said Mark Kirby, a builder in The Oaks at Fallon Park and co-owner of Dixon/Kirby & Company.
It is virtually impossible to make an older home as energy efficient as an ENERGY STAR® qualified home. “You would have to strip it down to its studs and rebuild it,” said Dan McFarland, director of builder services for Southern Energy Management. “Financially it makes more sense to purchase a new home that has an ENERGY STAR® qualification.”
Stewards of the Environment
The Oaks at Fallon Park was the first neighborhood development to be submitted under the City’s newly adopted Tree Conservation Plan. City officials worked with the Oaks team to identify the most desirable trees for conservation, and the Oaks also committed to planting more than 189 new street trees with an investment of more than $275,000 – deeming this as the “The Oaks Tree Renewal Program”. We believe the addition of native trees will increase property values, help to conserve energy, provide sound buffers and be a lasting benefit for the neighborhood and surroundings areas for many years to come.
In addition, Grubb Ventures, on behalf of The Oaks at Fallon Park, donates $100 to Trees Across Raleigh (link) for every home sold at The Oaks at Fallon Park. Trees Across Raleigh is a volunteer organization which holds tree plantings in public spaces of Raleigh two times a year. This organization started eleven years ago in an effort to enhance the appearance of the City of Raleigh and to benefit all Raleigh residents.
