Why PSW?

The Benefits of Building Smart Green Homes Add Up

A PSW home goes to work for you.  We didn’t think that it was enough to have the most stunning architecture, to include the most important features, and to build in prime neighborhoods.  Each and every PSW home will outperform any house on the market.  Just look at the numbers.

A PSW Home Works to Minimize your Monthly Expenses

Take a look at an example of the utility usage and bills from one of our AEGB 5-Star Green Built homes.   When you live in a house with Solar Panels, Spray Foam Insulation, and Water Catchments as part of the standard build out, you will see your utility consumption go lower than you thought possible. Just look at how a PSW home’s energy consumption compares to the average home:

Electricity
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Water & Wastewater
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Total Utilities
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* These charts compare a 1,750 sf home in an existing PSW community with a 5kw solar system against a similarly-sized late 1960s home with some energy-efficient upgrades. All homes experience different consumption based on size, design, and personal usage. For a full accounting of a PSW home’s energy usage, click here.

A PSW Home Keeps You Close

Our locations are all in the heart of Austin.  Take a look at the real cost of moving just 10 more miles outside of town:

Daily Annually

Miles

 10
Miles		 3,650
Miles

Gas

 0.5
Gallons		 182.5
Gallons

Cost

 $1.75
($3.50 / gal)		 $639
($3.50 / gal)

Time

 20
minutes		 5
days

Every PSW Home Does More

A PSW home will stand the test of time. Should it come time to sell, each of the cost and energy saving features will keep your home in demand, and it will command the best of the market prices. When you start right, you avoid all the hassle and cost of retrofitting a different house just so for it to sell!

The Bottom Line: Any way you slice it, buying a PSW home just adds up!