We have a 2100 SF home with two offices, so we work out of the home most days as well as being home at night and weekends. We use electric for heating/cooling, all appliances and computers. The energy bill is usually under $100 a month.

Duke Energy now has home energy report available online to review energy use. Go to duke-energy.com/myhomereport, enter your last name and account number and it pulls up your home with comparable homes in the area as well as other efficient homes. We were very happy to see our home is half the energy use of average homes despite leaving the thermostat at 74F.

Due to the way the home is built there are no hot and cold spots around the house, and the home is very energy efficient.