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Elkhart's Premier Green Builder - Oakbrook Homes
The Oakbrook name stands for quality, luxury, and beautiful design in every way. The homes and communities we build also include consideration for the environment (building green). We have adopted a company-wide philosophy and, a commitment to all of our home buyers that we will design beautiful homes in ways that reduce environmental impact and provide energy savings, long-lasting value and comfort.
Improvements in technology and the greater availability of green products make building today's Oakbrook homes even more comfortable, economical, and energy efficient than homes built just a few years ago.
One example is the engineered wood products that we use in our homes. Engineered wood offers greater strength and greater stability over traditional wood. There's no need to use whole trees, large trees, or old trees to produce engineered wood products, so those resources can be conserved. Engineered wood products efficiently use more of the tree, calling on the best qualities of natural wood to gain greater strength and more uniform performance, and less waste.
The benefits to building green don't end there.
Heating and air conditioning your new home will cost less than an older home and the indoor climate will be better because of the following improvements:
More efficient gas furnaces that use less energy to heat your home.
13 SEER air conditioners are 30% more efficient than units found in older homes so they use less energy.
Ductwork is sealed to prevent air leaks. In older homes, as much as 30% of air leaks out of the ducts.
Low E windows keep heat in during winter and keep it out during summer resulting in lower energy bills and a more comfortable home.
All of our homes use a house wrap that keeps unwanted air infiltration and moisture outside.
