Why Energy-Efficient Homes Are Such a Big Trend

January 8, 2024

The custom home-building process can be a significant undertaking. You can save yourself work down the line and make your house energy efficient by bringing in technology that will better your quality of life. Hiring energy-efficient home builders will benefit you and your wallet in the following ways.

Reduced Costs

A custom house is a big investment. Incorporating models to make your house efficient while maintaining quality is a homeowner's dream. According to Custom Builder, nearly 31% of custom home builders report that their clients want a significantly larger home — more than 500 square feet larger than their current residence. If you want a big house, it's in your best interest to find ways to keep costs down. An energy-efficient home can save you money whenever you turn on the air conditioning or the office light. Protect your wallet during and after the home-building process by keeping up with this trend.

Brighter Looks

Lighting is one of the main reasons your electric bill can drain your wallet. Keeping a lamp on through the night or forgetting to shut off the closet light can be a costly error. However, mistakes are inevitable, so why not make your mistakes cheaper? LED lighting brings advantages to your house that will have you wondering why you didn't invest in them before. Not only do LED lights burn brighter than incandescent bulbs, but they also generate less heat. Less heat means less strain on your HVAC system, saving you money every time you flick a switch.

Better Functionality

When you think of energy efficiency, your first thought may not be your water circulation. However, the cost-saving process starts from underneath your home. A new water circulation system will give you instant hot water, so you won't need to run the faucet for minutes at a time. Adding a programmable circulation pump during the home-building process will cut your electric usage by only running hot water when you are using it. A tankless water heater will also help you keep costs down. This new water heater will save you the expense of a tank bursting or consuming extra gas to heat your water. Going without a tank is more efficient and cost-effective.

Do you have questions about how we can help you prepare for the home-building process? Contact Bob Cook Homes to learn more about our services today. When you work with us, you'll love watching your dream home slowly come together.

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New Love Under Construction

By Tina Sumpter • December 20, 2025

Are you that person who drives by a beautiful home and says, “one day, I’m going to build my dream home?” Well I’m about to build my dream home and I’m going to open up every aspect of it to show you how it all goes down. The good, bad and the ugly. The fun and not so fun parts, and then there is the changing your mind umpteen times just to go back to your original thought. It is going to be a wild journey so come on in and experience what my life is like for the next 6-9 months. Right now I’m in Indiana for Thanksgiving and had this bright idea to do a blog about my upcoming build. Quick background, my name is Tina Sumpter soon to be Tina Hall. I work for Bob Cook Homes here in Derby, Kansas. Where you have the most captivating sunrises and sunsets, wind is utterly stupid. Trees have a permanent lean because of the vicious winds. Anyway, back to me, I have been with BCH for about 4 years, I dabble in everything to phones, permits, billing, change orders, electrical and trim walk throughs, too much to list, in my days it was called “Girl Friday” (Google it😉). My passion is painting furniture but I put that aside temporarily because honestly that doesn’t pay the bills, it’s just a passion. I was married 32 years, then suddenly I became a widow, now 8 years later, I am going to remarry a lovely young 😉man, Lonny. We both have homes with pasts. But our future together needed to start off on the right path, our path. We looked and looked at homes to buy but it is krazee hard for both of us to find what each other likes. So we decided to build a home. Nothing fancy, but new beginnings. So come along with me on this journey and I hope I do BCH justice, I promise to be honest and show you all the “WTHeck” moments, “for Pete’s-sake, what were you thinking” moments, to “that makes no sense” moments. Going to be an experience to say the least. Ready, set, Go…..