Frederick, Maryland, located in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, was nicknamed “The Emerald City” by State Governor Martin O'Malley during a ceremony on August 29 honoring Nexus Energy Homes—the net-zero builder of the new North Pointe Geosolar Community.
Nexus, based in Stevensville, Maryland, has received the highest level of recognition—Emerald Certification— from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Research Center for the North Pointe project.
Each of the 55 homes in the North Pointe, located in downtown Frederick, offers a number of features that reduces environmental impact and enable the resident(s) to save energy, water, and money—among them:
- Environmentally friendly building materials and recycled content finishes
- Super insulated building shell
- Grid-tied solar panels for net-metering
- Geothermal heating and cooling
- An energy efficient hot water system
- Total- recovery ventilation and a whole-house HEPA filtration system
- Energy saving LED and fluorescent lights
- The NexusVison proprietary home communication system / smart house system
The result of combining these features provides the homebuyer with the benefit of federal tax credits and state grants, and a home that generates most,—if not all—of its electric energy needs. The North Pointe homes are between 1,300 square feet and 2,850 square... Read More
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