August in Florida can feel like living on the surface of the sun. They don’t call it the “Sunshine State” for nothing. To make it livable you need central air-conditioning. A swimming pool and a job indoors doesn’t hurt either.

Keeping cool can be expensive. You can find the average electric bill in your area online. You can search by month, state and by city. If you look at Florida in August you’ll find the average electric bill is $219.53 per month. That’s a lot of money.

Remember that is an average electric bill. If your home is larger than average, or is older, your bill can easily be much higher. Since Florida is a major destination for retirement, high monthly bills can be very important to people on fixed incomes.

Cut Electric Bill by Up To 70%

That’s a bold statement, but it is backed up by real world data. It all starts with the right home design. If a home is designed correctly it will need far less utilities to keep it cool in the summer and warmer in the winter.

Our super efficient home plans save you money from the first day you move in. And over the coming years it will continue to save you money.

How Much is it Going to Save?

Residential electricity prices have gone up steadily over the past 10 years. The Energy Information Administration has determined that rates have gone up nationally by about 30% in the past decade. Back in 2005 you could expect to pay about 9¢ a kilowatt hour. By 2014 the average rate was about 13¢ per kilowatt hour.

That is an increase of 0.4¢ per year. Its not much but it adds up. An average home using 500kWh a month you can expect to pay an extra $130 more per year.

You can fight back by building any of our home designs. This will lower your annual energy costs to around $650. Consequently you will become immune to the rate hikes.

Ask anyone in Florida, in August if they would like to lower their electric bill from $219.53 to $69.00 per month, you’ll get the same answer. A resounding, YES, PLEASE!

We welcome your questions, this topic can be rather data intensive when you start talking about specific locations. But we assure you we can cut your energy bills no matter where you live.