As a leader in the custom home building industry, Christopher Homes LLC is applying its quality custom home building approach to building High Performance Homes that are resource efficient and energy efficient, using methods such as Hybrid Building and Green Building.

Christopher Homes, LLC’s High Performance Homes combine state-of-the-art, energy efficient construction techniques and equipment, and are built according to Florida Green Building Standards

Hybrid Building

Christopher Homes, LLC offers “Hybrid Homes” that combine the best of prefabricated manufactured parts with the advantages of traditional on-site building.  These homes and are:

• Built in one third of the time
• Designed with latest construction technology to be energy efficient
• Result in greater value for the homeowner

Speed of Construction
Homes can be built in one-third the time. Construction is seldom delayed due to weather, subcontractor no-shows or missing material. With careful planning you can be living in your new home in a matter of weeks. And although your house is completed quickly, quality materials and careful attention to detail are built into every home. Because this style home is constructed faster, costs are controlled and kept at a minimum which enables us to pass along a savings to you without sacrificing quality.

Energy Efficient
Hybrid homes are highly engineered using the latest construction technology. All homes are designed to be energy efficient, which will save you money on bills in the future.

Design Flexibility
A wide variety of house plans are available to choose from as well as having the option to build custom. We offer Key West, Ranch, Mediterranean, Modern, Elevated Living, and Traditional style homes. All the traditional options and upgrades are available that will help customize your home to accommodate your personal tastes.

Some more Important Fact about hybrid Home Building:
1.) Hybrid building is a fast-growing modern form of construction gaining a growing recognition of its increased efficiency and ability to apply modern technology to the needs of the market place.
2.) Hybrid homes are built with components constructed in a controlled factory environment to the same building codes as traditional site-built housing.
3.) Superior quality control, reduced waste and faster completion are primary benefits.
4.) The increased efficiency of hybrid systems construction generally results in greater value for the homeowner.
5.) Computerization has enabled Christopher Homes and other hybrid systems producers to take a mass customization approach and design all models to meet a homeowners particular needs. This contrasts with the situation just a few years ago when the industry offered only a few standard models with limited options.
6.) The combination of reduced cycle time, more efficient construction, unlimited customization and a growing shortage of skilled trades people are the primary reasons many builders are switching from traditional site-building to hybrid systems.
7.) Today's hybrid systems housing encompasses the entire spectrum of the housing market from the affordable to luxury homes.
8.) Hybrid systems housing is growing at almost a ten percent rate over the last five years. Hybrids can also accommodate multi family.
9.) Forecasters see hybrid housing increasing its market share by twelve percent annually well into the next millennium.
10.) There are over eighty producers of hybrid housing throughout the U.S. Forty-three of them are members of the Building Systems Councils of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) including our manufacturer.

Green Building

Christopher Homes, LLC “Green Building” methods benefit homeowners by reducing cost and dramatically increasing energy efficiency, and include:

• Protecting the occupants health while reducing the overall impact on the environment
• Green Building approach is also used outside of the home, such as: swimming pools, landscaping, driveways, and exterior paint

Christopher Homes, LLC is a member of the Florida Green Building Coalition, Inc. and the U.S. Department of Energy Building America Industrialized Housing Partnership, and holds a formal certification in Green Building. www.floridagreenbuilding.org
www.baihp.org

Christopher Homes, LLC is a member of the Florida Solar Energy Center, and holds a formal certification in Solar Building.
http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/index.php

Christopher Homes is certified in green building according to the Florida Building Energy-Efficiency Rating Act, which includes an energy-efficiency rating system for residential building.  This certification provides homeowners with specific information on how much energy a Christopher Homes Green Certified home is expected to use.  These certified ratings provide overall estimates for the home’s annual energy cost in dollars and energy, and a rating for t `he home in relation to the most- and least-efficient homes of its size in the state.  In fact, Christopher Homes is certified to provide in-house rating and certification on each Certified Green Residence.

Please visit the Florida Green Building Coalition for more information on green home standards.