Retro-fitting for energy efficiency

Energy conservation is more important now than ever before.  The world’s fossil fuel resources are dwindling and the extraction of these resources is becoming more and more toxic to our environment. The costs of our reliance on fossil fuels can be measured at the fuel pump, the forced air home heating system, and also the grocery store; the transportation of the industrial food supply costs the industry profits, so the cost of fuel for them is transferred down to the customer.  The best way to conserve and live sustainably is to maximize your home’s potential to produce and utilize energy while drastically minimizing your energy costs by using the Green architectural methods created by Thermal Mass Construction INC.

The truth is we can actually take you completely off the grid with the right combination of Geo-Thermal, Solar, and Thermal Mass Construction panels.  The geo-cell will provide the storage space for heat in the hot Summer months; the stone aggregate holds the heat in and reradiates it back into the structure when the outside temperatures begin to drop, a proportionate solar array will supply the heat for your hot water as well as supplying electricity for mechanical needs, and the thermal mass panels that will make up the housing structure will be the core of the heating and cooling system.  The panels lined with radiant tubing will absorb and retain the heat while circulating pumps will transfer the warm air throughout the entire structure, keeping every inch at 70 degrees.

Can retro-fitting be done to existing homes using Thermal Mass Construction?  The answer is YES.  As long as the structure is supported we can retro-fit one panel at a time.  If you want to do it in stages it is very easy to do one side of the structure at a time. Our structures do not require load bearing walls so adjusting the positioning of the panels prior to setting is easy. 

Each section of the home can be retro-fitted independently of the rest of the home.  Even the basement can be retro-fitted by raising the structure off the foundation, crushing the existing cinder for use in the newly dug geo-cell (saving material costs), and installing a new thermal mass constructed basement slab, walls, and ceiling.  The new structure will be heated by a wood or pellet heating transfer system, which directs the heat into the structure as well as the basement keeping it at 70 degrees thereby conserving the energy that is wasted in a traditional petroleum boiler system where the heating coils have to heat up to 100 before the forced air system can operate; traditional homes have an average basement temperature of 50 degrees.

Our architectural concepts will give you self-sustainability and take you off the grid.   You can invest in the retrofitting of your home one piece at a time or all at once; either way that initial investment will reap you rewards for the rest of your time in the home.  Say good-bye to fossil fuels and high energy costs.