World House News

Halifax - Howden and a partner own Denim traditional homes in the Annapolis valley, where they build high-end homes that use less energy and less water, without a windmill in the backyard. Traditional houses built by denim homes offer features like heat pumps, motion-sensor faucets and toilets that work two ways, just like a human's plumbing. Most of the customers who hire Denim see the wisdom of spending more money up front to save money in the long manner. During an interview on a cool day at his model traditional home, Howden demonstrated that the house is so "tight" that closing the windows and turning on the lights can raise the temperature perceptibly. Most of the lights in the house are fluroscent, even th pot lights in the kitchen, which use seven watts of electricity instead of 40. In general, solar-heated homes are more expensive to build is more of a function of higher-quality materials used by the owners of those houses.