Sustainability

Sustainable construction aims to meet present day needs for housing, working environments and infrastructure without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs in times to come. Today, population growth, finite resources and recognition of climate pattern anomalies, possibly resultant from resource depletion and fossil fuel combustion gases, are motivating architects, builders, designers and owners to demand products that use resources wisely. This social consciousness and the financial reality of increasing energy costs has substantially shortened payback periods for investment in sustainable alternatives.

Intelligent Design

We at Luxiero Homes believe that building projects must demonstrate innovative approaches to sustainable development, pushing the envelope of practice and exploring new disciplinary frontiers. We strive to continuously implement innovative concepts in regards to the design process, integration of materials and methods, structure, building enclosure and mechanical systems. We embrace whole building design strategies that synergize processes and costs associated with building design, commissioning, and operations. Our project delivery is vastly streamlined, assuring superior quality.

Improved Efficiency and energy savings

Energy efficiency improvements in building design and operations substantially reduce the costs and environmental impacts associated with buildings. One of the ambitious energy efficiency goals of the State of California is for all new residential buildings to be zero net energy (ZNE) by 2020. Generally, a ZNE-building is one that produces as much energy as it consumes (usually through a mix of high efficiency and clean onsite generation). With rising energy costs, and increasing climate-related impacts and natural disasters, ZNE-buildings help reduce our demand for energy and provide more resilience to climate impacts.

California’s building energy efficiency standards (Title 24) are one of the most progressive in the nation and are constantly moving towards increasing levels of high energy performance in new buildings. To date, California has more buildings that are closer to ZNE, than any other state in the nation. Achieving ZNE requires a combination of energy efficiency and renewable energy production. Designing for high energy performance is the first step and requires establishing a goal at the beginning of the project and working under an “Integrated Design Process”.

A ZNE-building is achieved by reducing the amount of energy the home uses through the most efficient envelope design strategies, day lighting, and application of highly energy-efficient technologies including lighting, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and controls. Further, by optimizing the way the building actually operates and how people use it, including management of plugged-in devices and system controls. Finally, by installing renewable generation on-site to meet the remaining energy needs of the building.

At Luxiero Homes we understand and adhere to consumers who have a meaningful sense of environmental and social responsibility and incorporate those values into their choice of living environment. Thus, all of our homes will be built according to the above mentioned energy efficiency requirements. Further, Luxiero Homes commits to build homes with a minimum rating of LEED Silver, in the LEED Program by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). We deliver practical, substantive solutions for every stage of the building life cycle. By integrating whole building analysis of energy and durability, we achieve optimal energy savings without sacrifice to building enclosure performance. 

Home Automation

Home automation is the convergence of technology and convenience, allowing the digital devices that you use every day—TVs, audio equipment, lights, security panels, thermostats, and so on—to work together. By allowing everything in the house to work together, with the ability to control it all from one easy-to-use interface (whether it's a touch screen, remote control, keypad, or a smartphone) your home becomes more comfortable, convenient and secure. Luxiero Homes can facilitate full home automation from lighting and sound control to cooling and heating.