Royal Oaks Building Group Earns ENERGY STAR® Builder Partner Designation
Raleigh, NC, July 09, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Rich Van Tassel, president of Royal Oaks Building Group, LLC (www.royaloaksbg.com), has announced that the company is now an ENERGY STAR® Builder Partner. All new homes built in the company’s 12 neighborhoods will be ENERGY STAR® certified, meaning they are verified as at least 15 percent more energy efficient than homes built to the 2004 International Residential Code. Homes must be tested by a third-party Home Energy Rater, who participates in planning and design and conducts onsite inspections and testing to verify the performance of the energy efficient features in the home. Homeowner benefits of ENERGY STAR® homes include lower ownership costs due to a discount from utility companies and increased energy savings, better performance as a direct result of highly durable, energy-efficient systems, increased return on investment, added confidence when purchasing an EPA verified home and environmental protection.
Quotes:
“We are very pleased to offer Royal Oaks homeowners all the benefits that come along with being an ENERGY STAR® Builder Partner,” said Van Tassel. “Building responsibly and sustainably is important to us as a company, which translates to improved air quality and comfort, better performance, lower ownership costs and energy savings for our homeowners.”
Details:
- Energy efficient features are divided into five categories: tight construction and ducts, effective insulation systems, efficient heating and cooling equipment, high performance windows, and efficient products, which include light fixtures, appliances, and ventilation fans.
- A home energy rating involves an analysis of a home’s construction plans, which are verified through onsite inspections. Based on the home’s plans, the Home Energy Rater uses an energy efficiency software package to perform an energy analysis of the home’s design. Once construction is complete, a blower door test and a duct blaster test are performed, among other inspections, to insure the home exceeds ENERGY STAR® standards.
- Additional information about Royal Oaks Building Group communities is available online at www.royaloaksbg.com/communities.asp.
About Royal Oaks Building Group, LLC:
Royal Oaks Building Group, LLC builds fine homes throughout Raleigh, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina, Wake Forest, Cary, Apex and Angier, N.C. Locally owned and operated, the company focuses on quality of design, construction and customer service, offering a portfolio of plans and a wide selection of standard features from which to choose in price ranges from starters to multimillion-dollar luxury homes. Royal Oaks is a member of the Raleigh-Wake County Home Builders Association and has received multiple gold and silver awards from the HBA Parade of Homes. In 2008 and 2010, the company received the highly coveted Major Achievements in Marketing Excellence (MAME) Building Company of the Year Award, and in 2008 its president, Rich Van Tassel, was named a recipient of the Builder of the Year Award presented by the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County (HBA). Additional company awards include the Triangle Business Journal’s Fast 50 Award for three consecutive years and the Small Business of the Year by the Apex Chamber of Commerce, as well as consistent listings in the Triangle Business Journal’s premier list of residential builders, based annually by volume in the Raleigh-Durham market. Royal Oaks is proud that a house it built in Fuquay-Varina as part of Operation Coming Home, a project whose mission is to provide injured war veterans with free houses with donated material and labor, won the HBA the Best Community Spirit in the Nation Award in 2010 from the Nationals, America’s largest competition for new home sales and marketing professionals and communities. For more information, visit www.royaloaksbg.com.
Kathleen Mongero
MMI Public Relations
(919) 233-6600
Kathleen@mmipublicrelations.com
www.twitter.com/MMIPR
www.mmipublicrelations.com
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Quotes:
“We are very pleased to offer Royal Oaks homeowners all the benefits that come along with being an ENERGY STAR® Builder Partner,” said Van Tassel. “Building responsibly and sustainably is important to us as a company, which translates to improved air quality and comfort, better performance, lower ownership costs and energy savings for our homeowners.”
Details:
- Energy efficient features are divided into five categories: tight construction and ducts, effective insulation systems, efficient heating and cooling equipment, high performance windows, and efficient products, which include light fixtures, appliances, and ventilation fans.
- A home energy rating involves an analysis of a home’s construction plans, which are verified through onsite inspections. Based on the home’s plans, the Home Energy Rater uses an energy efficiency software package to perform an energy analysis of the home’s design. Once construction is complete, a blower door test and a duct blaster test are performed, among other inspections, to insure the home exceeds ENERGY STAR® standards.
- Additional information about Royal Oaks Building Group communities is available online at www.royaloaksbg.com/communities.asp.
About Royal Oaks Building Group, LLC:
Royal Oaks Building Group, LLC builds fine homes throughout Raleigh, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina, Wake Forest, Cary, Apex and Angier, N.C. Locally owned and operated, the company focuses on quality of design, construction and customer service, offering a portfolio of plans and a wide selection of standard features from which to choose in price ranges from starters to multimillion-dollar luxury homes. Royal Oaks is a member of the Raleigh-Wake County Home Builders Association and has received multiple gold and silver awards from the HBA Parade of Homes. In 2008 and 2010, the company received the highly coveted Major Achievements in Marketing Excellence (MAME) Building Company of the Year Award, and in 2008 its president, Rich Van Tassel, was named a recipient of the Builder of the Year Award presented by the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County (HBA). Additional company awards include the Triangle Business Journal’s Fast 50 Award for three consecutive years and the Small Business of the Year by the Apex Chamber of Commerce, as well as consistent listings in the Triangle Business Journal’s premier list of residential builders, based annually by volume in the Raleigh-Durham market. Royal Oaks is proud that a house it built in Fuquay-Varina as part of Operation Coming Home, a project whose mission is to provide injured war veterans with free houses with donated material and labor, won the HBA the Best Community Spirit in the Nation Award in 2010 from the Nationals, America’s largest competition for new home sales and marketing professionals and communities. For more information, visit www.royaloaksbg.com.
Kathleen Mongero
MMI Public Relations
(919) 233-6600
Kathleen@mmipublicrelations.com
www.twitter.com/MMIPR
www.mmipublicrelations.com
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