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Nicor, ComEd offer rebates for energy efficient homes

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This home in Elgin is 33 percent more energy efficient than state code requires, a statistic that earned its builder and the rating agency that scored it a rebate from the Nicor Gas and ComEd Residential New Construction Program. Naperville-based Kings Court Builders is working on another home in the Waterford subdivision in The Highlands of Elgin near this home.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Caryn Rosborough of Elgin in her highly energy efficient home in the Waterford subdivision of The Highlands of Elgin. The home is 33 percent more efficient than code requires, thanks to its windows, air conditioner, furnace and appliances.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Caryn Rosborough, of Elgin, with sons Tanner, 5, and Mason, 7, in their highly energy efficient home in the Waterford subdivision of The Highlands of Elgin. The home is 33 percent more efficient than state code — a statistic that earned its builder and the rating agency that scored it a rebate from the Nicor Gas and ComEd Residential New Construction Program.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

R10 foundation wall blankets and highly efficient windows keep the weather out. Homeowner Caryn Rosborough says the windows are so weather tight that when she recently stood next to them on a cold morning, she couldn't feel any cold draft. The windows also have a reflecting coating on them, which keeps the heat out in the summer.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

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When Caryn Rosborough and her husband, Matt, started talking to builders about a new Elgin home, they were intrigued by the talk of high energy efficiency. Pete Stefani, president of Naperville-based Kings Court Builders, said the Elgin home his company built isn't LEED-certified or up to the standards of the green building program through the National Association of Homebuilders. But the energy efficient house the Rosboroughs moved into in August is Kings Court Builders' new standard. And because of the Residential New construction Program offered by Nicor Gas and ComEd, the builder got a rebate for the work.