The Enertia® Building System uses a different technology for
energy efficiency than most homes being built today. Heating
energy is stored in the structure of the home, rather than in
the volume of air trapped within the home. We can do this
because our structure is massive, and of a material that stores
energy within the comfort range of 60 to 80 degrees F. Storing
energy in air has its limits. When air is used to store energy,
the only way it can store more is to get hotter, and breathing
hotter air leads to drowsiness. When the structure stores the
energy the walls, floors, and ceilings are warm, while the
contained air can remain cooler and invigorating. It’s not a
crisis when people and pets go in and out. In fact that’s an air
change that is healthy - and the cool incoming air is reheated
by the warm structure. The homeowner gets a house that is
dynamic and exciting. It is innovative and on the cutting edge
of a new natural architecture. Solid wood buildings, common in
Europe and Scandinavia, are not se