Building Energy-Efficient Custom Homes in Houston and San Antonio

To make certain our DTH custom homes in Houston and San Antonio meet the stringent requirements of the Energy Star® program, independent inspectors evaluate each home’s windows, insulation, orientation of the home, heating and air conditioning. They also inspect structural tightness to make sure our homes are sealed against heat transfer from hot walls, air drafts, noise, dust and pollen. The benefits of a more tightly constructed home are consistent indoor comfort and quiet from room to room.

Blown-in Cellulose Insulation
Radiant Barrier
LoE3 Windows
15 SEER HVAC equipment

After hundreds of inspections, the energy experts have found our homes to be, on average, 24% more energy efficient than the government requires, and 9% more efficient than the Energy Star® standard. Now that’s real value for our Homeowners, and something you may not get with other custom home builders in Houston or San Antonio.

Once the Energy Star® inspection has been completed on a home, we provide the homeowners with an official Energy Star® certificate, which has been known to be a valuable resale tool.

Building Green, Eco-Friendly Custom Homes in Houston and San Antonio

In addition to ultimate energy efficiency, when you build on your lot, your Design Tech Home includes an innovative construction system that defines the structural core of green building. These eco-friendly construction techniques produce a cost-efficient, well built home using products designed to conserve precious natural resources. Some of these components include:

Advanced framing techniques that use engineering principles to minimize material waste
Oriented-strand board (OSB) made from small pieces of wood harvested from small, fast growing trees with an average recycled content of 66 to 75 percent. And we don't just use sheathing per code like many Houston home builders, we go a step further and blanket our entire home.

Where many Houston home builders and others throughout Texas are satisfied with building to code, DTH sets a higher standard. We have a commitment to quality that benefits our homeowners and our environment.

Featured Article:

Exciting News from the Top Builder of Custom Homes in Houston

[Posted on July 19]

Design Tech Homes, the leading builder of custom homes in Houston, is proud to announce a special, limited time offer for our clients who purchase a new Design Tech Home in the month of July. New homeowners will be eligible for up to $39,000 in additional upgrades and enhancements to their custom home, which can include anything from upgraded countertops and cabinets to stone or masonry accents for the exterior of the home. By taking advantage of this offer, our homeowners will have a chance to further customize their dream home and include some additional features that will increase the overall value of the home in the long run.

By choosing Design Tech Homes in the month of July, not only will you be eligible for up to $39,000 in design upgrades for your home, you’ll be choosing a custom home builder that has earned a reputation for building the finest custom homes in Houston for years. We work with our homeowners every step of the way, starting by helping you choose a piece of land and then do independent soil testing on that land.

When it’s time to build on your lot, we’ll provide you with a number of floor plan options that you can modify, as needed, to help you create a home you’ve always dreamed of having. During the construction process, Design Tech Homes brings in third party inspectors to ensure that we’re meeting and exceeding the industry standards for quality. Unlike some custom homes in Houston, each Design Tech Home is Energy Star® certified and is built using our Sensible Green Building techniques, which means that your home will be eco-friendly as well as energy efficient.

In addition to this exciting offer, Design Tech Homes also recently announced the new Coastal Design Series. Building homes in coastal areas is something that present a number of issues and complications, but DTH is committed to continuing to stay ahead of other custom home builders Houston with our innovations. A beachfront home is the dream of many people, but they are often worried about having to deal with the conditions that can be associated with living in these areas, such as severe weather like hurricanes. The Coastal Design Series continues to utilize the same procedures as every other Design Tech Home, but puts a special emphasis on windstorm resistance. When you choose a Design Tech Home, you can be confident that it’ll withstand even the harshest of conditions.