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Energy Efficiency
Heat Shielding
For our many southern customers, Summer cooling costs are their greatest energy expense. As much as 90% of the heat gain in a house is caused by the sun's radiation, which passes through typical mass insulation like fiberglass as easily as it goes through air. However, a Kodiak Steel Homes® model can offer double protection against the summer sun and double relief from high air-conditioning bills. Our foil insulation wrap reflects up to 97% of the radiant energy that strikes it, blocking the heat at its source and helping you to stay cool and comfortable without spending a fortune. If that isn't enough, our Kynar-coated roof panels in Almond, Brownstone, Scarlet Red, and Snow White qualify for Energy Star certification, which means that they also have reflective properties capable of lowering the temperature of the roof up to 100 degrees. Visit the product description pages for our Insulation Wrap and Steel Roof System for more information on Solarguard reflective foil and our Energy Star certified roof panels.
A Kodiak Steel Homes model's six-inch walls give you extra room for insulation
Winter Protection
Most wood-frame homes built today are framed with 2 x 4s. Of course, modern 2 x 4s are only 3-5/8 inches wide, which means your wall will not even hold enough insulation for an R-13 (using fiberglass bat). All Kodiak Steel Homes kits use a minimum 6-inch wide steel stud for the outer walls (some use 8-inch). This allows you to fill that cavity with enough mass insulation (fiberglass, cellulose, etc.) for an R-19. When you add our foil insulation, your wall could have an effective R-value of 30 or better. That is one of the reason so many of our customers report tremendous energy savings in their new Kodiak Steel Homes model. Visit our product description page for Secondary Framing for more information.
Six inches of fiberglass insulation in the wall cavity will keep this home snug and warm
Model Performance
Kodiak Steel Homes customers can even further increase the energy efficiency of their home by installing our Polar Wall Plus insulated vinyl siding (learn more here). That's what homeowners Wesley and Dawn Howard did for the Kodiak Steel Homes Augusta model they built in Tumbling Shoals, Arkansas, and that's one of the reasons their home was chosen for the model energy home project sponsored by their local power company, First Electric Cooperative. Nationally known expert Doug Rye developed the specifications for the insulation and other energy-saving features and is guaranteeing the Howard's energy bills will cost far less than similar homes in the area.
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