Build more homes into the landscape? By building part of the home into the ground or mountainside, energy bills would be reduced!
Image by Jan Peterson
- Build more homes into the landscape? By building part of the home into the ground or mountainside, energy bills would be reduced! Image by Jan Peterson
- Make windows with reflective film or sun screens a standard feature on every Phoenix home? Image by tysto/wikimedia commons
- Build every home with a "sunset " window perfect for watching the colorful Phoenix skies as the sun sets? Phoenix sunsets are breathtaking year-round!
- Build more homes with balconies? The views of the Phoenix mountains, desert and skyline is breathtaking from a balcony, but only a small percentage of homes have them in Phoenix. Image by Clarita/morguefile.com
- Have built-in ironing boards and electric outlets in every laundry room? Image by bree/wikimedia commons
- Install electrical outlets under the eaves of every home which would acomodate the cords for Christmas lights. This would do away with cords hanging from the roof!! Image by solrac_gi_2nd/morguefile.com
- Build basement bonus rooms in every home? A basement room would be a cool escape in the hot, Phoenix summer months. reducing the costs to cool the "hang out" area for the family. Image by Joey Studts/wikimedia commons
- Include an effectively designed storage space for sports equipment in the home or garage? Outdoor activities are enjoyed year round in Phoenix, which means lots of equipment! Image by David Shankbone/wikimedia commons
- Build more homes with sun rooms to take advantage of the abundance of sunshine in the Valley of the Sun during the winter! Also why not build in automated filtering roll shades for the summer months? Image by lombroso/wikimedia commons
- Offer wine closets or cellars for tract homes, not just custom-built homes? Image by mconnors/morguefile.com
- Build every home in Phoenix with solar panels and solar landscape lighting? Why let all that sunshine go to waste? Don't make it an option, make it standard! Image by nacu/morguefile.com
- Build homes with special storage space for bikes? With so many days of sunshine, bike riding is a popular form of exercise and enjoyment in Phoenix! Image by andy03250/wikimedia commons
- Build every home with a designated office space, complete with a generous desktop and electrical outlets at desktop level. Built-in cabinets and storage could be a standard feature just like in the kitchen and bath. Why convert a whole bedroom when a much smaller, better organized space would work? Image by robbieb/morguefile.com
- Go back to including a washtub in the laundry room or garage?. In the fifties all homes in Phoenix had these! Also, how about building a laundry shoot in two story homes?
- Put ceiling fans in every room as a standard feature AND install CFL bulbs? Image by click/morguefile.com
- Build outdoor shutters like in the good old days, so that the windows to the west could be covered by the shutter when the sunshine becomes too intense! Image seemann/morguefile
- Offer cement staining in new homes as a flooring alternative to tile or carpet?
- Only build homes in Phoenix that reflect its southwestern heritage and the desert surroundings in mind? Why build a home with a coastal-inspired style in the middle of the Phoenix desert ? Wouldn't an adobe hacienda style home look strange in Cape Cod?
- Offer more homes with exposed beams? Home builders should recognize the casual lifestyle and southwestern influences of Phoenix residents and provide more rustic options in tract homes too. Image by kevinrosseel morgfile.com
- Place the largest windows in homes facing North or East to reduce the temperature during the summer months in Phoenix? Image by dancesincreek/morguefile.com
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