Mid-Michigan home cost only $33 per month to heat during past winter

During one of the coldest winters ever recorded in Michigan, a mid-Michigan house, built by Freelands Cobblestone Homes and insulated using Dows OutPerformance Home System, defied the odds by costing only $33 per month to heat. It was this home that won Cobblestone Homes the Cross Border Challenge and earned the company the title of 2014 Best American Custom Builder.

The Cross Border Challenge, an energy efficiency competition among U.S. and Canadian home builders, compares homes HERS Index scores, the industry standard by which a homes energy efficiency is now measured in the U.S. and Canada. Its also the nationally recognized system for inspecting and calculating a homes energy performance.

Cobblestone Homes of Mid-Michigan won the American Custom Builder category in the challenge, administered by the U.S. Residential Energy Services Network and its Canadian counterpart.

This is an amazing honor that goes a long way in showing the performance of our homes, even during an unbelievably harsh winter, said Cobblestone Homes co-owner Mark Wahl.

Cobblestones attention to detail, paired with Dows new OutPerformance Home System, combined for beautiful, energy-efficient custom homes that are unmatched in the Great Lakes Bay Region. Plus Cobblestone has the numbers to prove it, said Jim Morey, North American Residential Market Manager.

In the Cobblestone home evaluated during the 2014 Cross Border Challenge, cooling costs averaged less than $5 per month over the past year, and heating averaged $33 per month.

This award-winning homes results are due, in part, to the OutPerformance Home System. The integrated system of insulation and air sealing solutions work together to enhance homeowner comfort, durability and indoor air quality by blocking dirt, dust and allergens and reducing energy leakage, resulting in a home that costs less to heat and cool. The OutPerformance Home System includes the following products:

STYROFOAM Brand Extruded Polystyrene Insulation

FROTH-PAK Foam Insulation

GREAT STUFF PRO Insulating Foam Sealants

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Mid-Michigan home cost only $33 per month to heat during past winter